Pretend City

Today we went to Pretend City. The kids loved it. I loved that they loved it, but would have loved it more myself with far fewer children in attendance. It was a little crazy in there. Pretend City has every thing a city would have for the kids to play with. A grocery store, fire station, doctor's office, theater, home, farm, even an ATM machine that dispenses play cash! It's really well thought out and makes you wish you could just have the place to yourself and a few friends for the afternoon!
Rebecca played with a friend and I stayed close to Joseph, which is why I mainly have pictures of Joseph doing stuff.

Here are some highlights:



Joseph wanted to pump gas but wouldn't do it if other kids were sitting in the car. He waited till they were done, got in himself, then got out to pump the gas. I'm just glad for a few seconds no one got in while he was pumping gas or he probably wouldn't have been happy!



They had a sand area, a water area, and a farm with fake dirt for digging and planting.






The house had real tools and real screws attached to the wall with enough give that you could screw them in and out.



We spent a lot of time putting pipes together.



The fire station was probably his favorite thing.



Those are "sound effect lips."





I thought the grocery store was really neat. The shelves were stocked, they even had a freezer, a sandwich shop with all the fixings, a produce section and two check out lines with cash registers.



This photo is for Grandma Carol!



The coveted tractor.



And to end a fabulous day, let's make some s'mores!