Saturday, January 31, 2009

The Magic House!

Today, after swim class we went to the Magic House with Aunt Erin, Uncle Kevin, and Allison! First we met at McDonald's for lunch. Ollie ate his whole cheese burger and most of his fries then asked for an ice cream cone! I'm in big trouble, he is a big eater!
This thing turns and makes pretty music.

Ollie and Allison went climbing. This net and leaf thing goes up or down. It is a little crazy in there. Ollie turned around and came out and took the stairs with me while Ally kept climbing. I think he got all turned around and was worried he wouldn't be able to get back out.







Ollie loved this thing. There are a lot of wooden balls and you put them on the top and they roll all the way to the bottom - everytime they go down a step they hit a piece of metal like a xylophone and make music.



This is the whole alphabet. Every letter lifts up and there is an object in it.






This is the Jack and the Beanstalk. Ollie was excited to go see the giant!





It's just a slide though.







They had animal costumes for the kids to wear. Ollie wanted to be a bear!








There is a whole "find a clue" section. This is for older kids but Ollie loves magnifying glasses!











Ollie got all wet in the bubble area. It is kind of hard to see but Ollie made a really big bubble!








Allison did pretty well getting the bubble around her. It is hard to see in the pic but the bubble is around her feet. I did not see anyone get the bubble any higher than she did!















It came up to her thighs!








This has a magnet on top of the glass table top and every section has something different in it. Some are metal others are not so they learn what magnets pick up.















This is a sandbox with lights under it.














Here you put tennis balls in the top and they come down and ring each bell.














More playing in the sand.
















Ollie was working very hard!

















Huge legos!


















Ollie made a big building!



















Now off to the water section. Everyone gets a poncho to wear!



















They have a minature grocery store. Ollie really likes avacados for some reason!





















Time to pay.























Ollie is going to fix this car and put the tire on!
















































They even had a fishing hole!

























Fixing the tires.

























This is a little pretend pizza restaurant. All the kids are bringing food out to you and then when they go to get you something else someone else comes and takes everything away. They are so funny the way they play!






























These balls are floating in mid air!


























We had a really great time at the Magic House. I didn't realize it was so good for kids of all ages! I tried to take only one pic of each station to minimize the number of pics that I took but there were just too many stations and Ollie liked them all!



























1 comment:

Andrea said...

It has been so long since I have been to the magic house. It looks like so much fun! Good luck with the 10 hour days too...at least it is only 4 days instead of 5...that will be great!