Tuesday, January 19, 2010

Charlie's Safari

During our whole trip home, my mom had been wanting to take my kids to Charlie's Safari in Olympia. Finally in the extra week that we stayed, we made it to Charlie's Safari... TWICE!

Playhouse/Jungle Gym
The jungle gym was huge; it had 6 levels and 4 different slides. Inside it, there were bouncy balls, rope bridges, a gliding rope, punching bags, a tree-house, etc.
Climbing around in the massive playhouse
Auntie Laura hauling Dayton up the ropesWe're a few levels above the floor here
Dayton and Daphne overcoming some obstacles
Laura helping Daphne glide across on the rope
Dayton and Laura ready to go down the slide

Slides
We all enjoyed the slides over and over and over.
Daphne, Michelle, Laura, and Dayton
Mommy, Dayton, and Daphne Mommy and Daphne

Foam Shapes
The toddler play area had all sorts of foam shapes for stacking, forming, and playing.
Daphne riding the dog, Dayton riding the elephant
OCD Dayton had to line up the pizza JUST RIGHT
Thirsty from all that hard work
Daphne showing me she wanted to go jump

Jumping House
There were 3 jumping houses, but this one was my kids' favorite because it had a slide.
Video of Dayton going down the blow-up slide

Snacking

At one point, Daphne got tired of playing, so she sat down and fished through the diaper bag until she found a snack.

Video Games
The kids saw the games section as we were getting ready to leave, so they quickly "played" on each one.

By the end of the 2.5 hour s of playtime, Laura and I were worn out. The next day we had bruised knees and shins from all the crawling around. But of course, we went to Charlie's Safari again!
Dayton had the time of his life!

3 comments:

Gary and Kirsten said...

It was a lot of fun. Next time we will go there much sooner. I enjoyed watching everyone use up a little energy. You forgot to mention how you pushed me down the slide before I was ready and I hurt my elbow!

Laurel said...

That does look fun! You should go to the children's museum in Olympia next time too! That place is fun.

April said...

Looks like fun! I love the picture of Dayton putting the foam pieces in their right places! I wish my kids had some ocd in them... they have the opposite problem!