Good Friday trip to the Magic House

We had a busy weekend. On Friday we took Logan to the Magic House. It's a St. Louis Children's Museum. I remember going there as a little kid and like all kids that grew up in St. Louis (I think), I remember making my hair stand up by touching the electrostatic generator. Well, now they have added on to the Magic house and it's more than double in size. Also kids are only FREE if they are under 1. Since Logan is 11 1/2 months we thought we'd go ahead and go while he was still free. We mostly only did the activities in the For Baby and Me, Waterworks, and A little bit of Magic sections. Then we walked around and looked at other kids playing. It was SUPER crowded but Logan had fun watching other kids.

Here is Logan in the boat listening to Row, row, row your boat.

He also got to play in a baby sized ball pit.

This is a barn that plays animal sounds. Then you can open the doors and see all of the animals.

He got to drive the bus... just like Grandpa.

This is called Waterworks. The kids wear these red "raincoats" and then splash and play in the water.

They even have little baby seats so the little ones can get close to the water without getting trampled by the big kids.

This was one of Logan's favorite activities.

In the A Little Bit of Magic area, Logan went down a slide with daddy. He's not that into slides yet.

Then he played in the Lego room. He really wanted to knock down other kid's stuff. Luckily, they all left right after we got in there.

This was his other favorite thing... digging in the sand. I think daddy enjoyed it too!

Then we walked around the Magic house. This area is in the children's village.

The kids can fish in the pond, then carry their catch "up stream". The fish "swims" back through a stream under the floor of the village. The village also has a market where the kids can shop or be the checker, a bank, an electric company, a house, a library, a TV studio, a restaurant, and a tree house. I went there with the first graders when I taught at Oakville and they LOVED it. It's very hands on. I can't wait until Logan is old enough for that. The new section of the Magic house has an awesome fairy tale exhibit, a forensic lab, and a climber, and a bunch of other stuff. You could keep busy there all day.

Except for the crazy crowds, it was a fun outing and it was so nice that Greg got to go with us. I can't wait for more fun family time.