A Little Bit of Magic

A few weeks ago I took the kids to the Magic House. We hadn't been in a long time because it can get pretty expensive with 3 kids, but I figured we'd splurge for some "before school starts fun". We started off in the garden area where the kids watered plants and planted seeds. They made little necklaces with seeds and water inside a plastic baggie, and you are supposed to be able to watch the seeds sprout. We may have been able to witness this phenomenon if all 3 of them hadn't lost their necklaces within an hour. We spent a little time in the pretend village, where the kids worked at a grocery store, auto shop, and bank. There was a little boy running around the bank area with handfuls of play money screaming that he was a robber. I am proud to say that wasn't my child!

After playing for a bit we went over to the Picnic Basket to get a snack. The kids devoured their food and wanted to go play outside. I made the terrible mistake of letting them go out the door while I turned my back and threw the trash away. In the time it took me to discard our trash, turn around, and open the door, this had happened...

All 3 kids decided to lay down in the little waterway that you are supposed to take your shoes off and walk through. They were having so much fun I couldn't get upset, but it did sting a little to shell out the money for a day at the Magic House and only get to spend an hour and a half there because the kids were too soaked to go back inside.