Its cold and rainy outside, so where do you go? Well, Pretend City of course! Yesterday, my sister and I grabbed the kids and had lunch at La Salsa and then we went to Pretend City Children's Musuem in Irvine- an indoor miniature children's city of pretend play. It was mine and Taj's first time visiting the city, and boy was it crowded! I think everyone had the same idea as us! My sister first gave us a tour and then we went grocery shopping at their pretend mini-Ralphs, we pretend dined at a restaurant where Chloe was the chef and served us food. We also visited a construction site, where Chloe was busy helping the children repair pipes:
Then, we were off to the harbor, where Taj played with the little boats:
Then we stopped off at the pretend beach, where the kids went joy riding in a miniature BMW!
Taji really enjoyed this!
So, after they finished cruising the BMW, Taji wanted to continue checking out the other cars.... they even had a pretend gas station where you could pump gas into the cars!
Towards the end of our 2 hour visit, we checked out the infant section where they had huge bowling pins and balls, parachute, and all different things for the little ones to crawl through.
It was a neat place, especially for the toddlers and bigger kids that love to pretend play. I love the concept of it, but unfortunately I hate how crowded it was. Reminded me of Disneyland, and with any place like that i thought it was a little too overhwhelming and overstimulating for myself and for Taji. Its a place that's fun to visit every once in a while. Taj will love Pretend City, Disneyland, Legoland.... and all those crazy overstimulating theme parks when he is a little older, but in the meantime we are happily sticking to our parks, playgrounds, zoo, and lots of real nature. :)
Its cold and rainy outside, so where do you go? Well, Pretend City of course! Yesterday, my sister and I grabbed the kids and had lunch at La Salsa and then we went to Pretend City Children's Musuem in Irvine- an indoor miniature children's city of pretend play. It was mine and Taj's first time visiting the city, and boy was it crowded! I think everyone had the same idea as us! My sister first gave us a tour and then we went grocery shopping at their pretend mini-Ralphs, we pretend dined at a restaurant where Chloe was the chef and served us food. We also visited a construction site, where Chloe was busy helping the children repair pipes:
Then, we were off to the harbor, where Taj played with the little boats:
Then we stopped off at the pretend beach, where the kids went joy riding in a miniature BMW!
So, after they finished cruising the BMW, Taji wanted to continue checking out the other cars.... they even had a pretend gas station where you could pump gas into the cars!
Towards the end of our 2 hour visit, we checked out the infant section where they had huge bowling pins and balls, parachute, and all different things for the little ones to crawl through.
It was a neat place, especially for the toddlers and bigger kids that love to pretend play. I love the concept of it, but unfortunately I hate how crowded it was. Reminded me of Disneyland, and with any place like that i thought it was a little too overhwhelming and overstimulating for myself and for Taji. Its a place that's fun to visit every once in a while. Taj will love Pretend City, Disneyland, Legoland.... and all those crazy overstimulating theme parks when he is a little older, but in the meantime we are happily sticking to our parks, playgrounds, zoo, and lots of real nature. :)
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