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| - I was checking the weather the day before and saw that Tuesday would be the hottest day of the week. So, I scoured Yelp for something fun and indoors and this seemed to top the list in the Phoenix area. So, I rustled up the boy and we mosied on over to Downtown. Upon arriving you get a map of all the different things to do and boy is it a doozy. There are so many things to do and see that if I were to list them all it would be severely more mind-numbing than my reviews normally are. So, to keep it simple I'll give you my 3-year-old's top 4 things that he seemed to enjoy the most here, in no particular order.
1) Pedal Power- There are a bunch of different sized tricycles that you can ride around through a "trike wash." Not the most exciting thing in the world, but he loved it and who am I to argue?
2) Noodle Forest- This was a "big fun"! You get to run around like a crazed chimpanzee through a thicket of water noodles draped from the ceiling. I've gotta admit I ran through it once or twice myself--it was a definite blast!
3) Pit Stop- A series of multi-level race tracks where you use gravity to move the cars from pt A to pt B. What little kid doesn't love to race cars?! My son was grabbing 3 or 4 at a time and trying to get them to crash into each other; Toddlers love mayhem.
4) The Market- This was easily the most adorable thing I witnessed all day. They have a little supermarket setup with shelves, bulk foods section, cashier and even the warehouse! It was really cute seeing him walking around with a cart; "read" the labels (like his old man!); throw the stuff in his cart; and go check-out. I was talking with one of the parents and she thought it was fascinating to see how some kids automatically wanted to shop and others went straight for the cashier or bag boy roles; we wondered what that meant physiologically. Hmmmmm...
There's lots more here to see and do than what I described, but you're just going to have to come down here and find out. As you can see, most of it's not very educational, but really who cares? Not everything you do with your kids needs to be a trip to Science Camp. Plus, the opportunity to run around and touch everything and the chance to interact with other kids is really worth the price of admission alone. Highly recommended for all parents with young kids!
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