The Magic House

The thing I love to do the MOST in St. Louis is visit the Magic House (also known as the Children's museum). It is simply awesome, and is even reasonable in price! Grandma and I took the kids Tuesday afternoon. Aside from the fact that it was very crowded, it was wonderful. I am pretty sure they would have stayed there all day if we let them.

On the way into the Magic House was the largest sand castle I have ever seen. They also had a "beach" they had created for kids to play in the sand. That was funny to me because the beach is no big deal to us not too far from the ocean. But for the Midwestern children, it was a fun treat.

Inside, there were many science experiments and fun things to see. Both kids loved the 3-story slide and didn't mind climbing the stairs over and over to keep going down it.

Here are some pictures of some of the science things they did:

We all (except Abigail who refused to participate) love the magic ball that made our hair stand straight up. As a matter of fact, all the employees wear a picture of themself on a button with their hair up!



The best part of the museum is the pretend town. I have never seen anything like it. There is a grocery store (which Abigail stayed in for half an hour at least) fully stocked with play food, cash registers, and more. There was also a house, a bank, a construction zone, the electric company, a restaurant, a TV studio, and an "outside" section for fishing and a tree house. It was really simply amazing.

Just plain and simple... we had fun!