When video games just won't cut it and the kids areclimbing the walls and furniture for some old-fashioned rough and tumble play, what's a parent to do? The City of Austin Parks & Recreation Department has seen to it that they can climb the snazzy new playscapes at Shipe playground and the Alamo Recreation Center playground. The new pea gravel and cool spongy turf make to cush the tush of your little whippersnapper in a spill. Other playgrounds scheduled for renovation in the near future are at Franklin and Balcones District Parks. That's what we like to see. Now, let's all do the hokey pokey! That's what it's all a-bout.
