Family Fun Day

Deanna Rose closing on October 31st really threw a wrench in my plans for Thursday and Friday. Since the plan was for Jenn and I to go to Deanna Rose on Thursday, I thought Scott and I could go to Lil Monkey Bizness on Friday. I was stumped for something fun for us to do as a family on Friday. Luckily my Facebook friends came through for me and recommended Paradise Park in Lee's Summit. Since it was a Friday morning there were not many people there and Karsten got to explore at his own pace!

I knew this place was going to be a hit when we walked in and saw the ball pit. Balls are Karsten's favorite thing right now. When we put him in the balls he wasn't so sure what to do, then he realized he could throw them.






Then he realized he could pick up TWO at a time and throw both of them. Can it get any better? :)


Then we checked out the water room. Karsten wasn't so sure about putting on the smock, but we didn't want a soaked shirt, so he toughed it out. When I saw the smock I had a flashback to wearing something like this in elementary school when we did art class - do you remember that? It was the same plasticy material, same smell - I wonder if they still wear those for art classes in school.


Not so sure what to make of this...


But then he started to play and forgot that he was unhappy about the smock.




He realized he could throw toys into the water and they would make a splash!


Then he decided it was time to clean up and he put all of the toys back into the plastic bin. We didn't even tell him to put them away, he just started to do it.


After he was done cleaning up, he got dried off with the hand drier. He thought it was pretty fun. He would put his hands under it for a minute then scoot back giggling.


Then there was a room with trains and books.



They also had a cool little kitchen that was stocked with all sorts of groceries. Karsten would add items to the basket but didn't want to carry it himself.



Then he spotted the fruit...BALL he said as he hurled an orange across the kitchen. We tried to explain that it was an orange, not a ball or an apple, not a ball - I don't think it really sunk in.



There was even a cash register that beeped when you pushed the buttons and the drawer opened so you could put money in it.



Next door to the grocery store was the kitchen - Karsten cooked us a yummy lunch.



There was even a pizza parlor - Karsten LOVES pizza!



Taking a pretend drink from his glass



This picture is a little blurry because he was peering through a window at me.


Then it was cooking time - the kids were going to decorate an owl cookie. Paradise Park has this cool kitchen setup where the kids sit on these little stools at a counter just their height.


Karsten was in awe of decorating the cookie. He kept saying "wow, o wow".


I like this picture of Scott diligently working on the cookie and Karsten is listening carefully to the 'teacher'.


The finished owl product. He had so much fun with this I think we're going to decorate Christmas cookies!


While we waited for his cookie to bake, we headed into the room with all the animal toys. He was walking around on the risers in the room then he noticed that he could see other people through the window. It's like he was thinking 'whatcha doin'.