Last week, I was trying hard to tire the kids out so they would sleep all night. Like I mentioned yesterday, Jocelyn was (and still is) out of town, so I really wanted them to sleep through the night!
On Tuesday it was threatening to rain, it was super hot and terribly muggy. It was not a "playground" in the afternoon kinda day.
The Children's Playseum in Bethesda has been on my list forever to check out - so I decided we'd give it a late afternoon try. We got there around 3:45pm. Like I said, I had never been, so we had to find parking - which was not so easy as they are doing all this crazy construction right in front of the place - but we ended up with a metered spot right out front.
The Playseum is basically in the basement of a building on Wisconsin Ave in Bethesda. There are no windows. The place is divided up into different spaces that have "themes" - sort of: dress up, attic, nature, blocks, cars, presidents, music, boats, grocery store... there is a baking area and a crafts area... and there is a pet area. It is billed as a "used bookstore" where you can play. There are old books around. The place looks kinda old... in general... the paint, the toys, the props, etc. It isn't dirty - it seemed clean enough... but it is sorta dingy... that was my take on it...
Of course my kids LOVED it!!!! They were running all over the place, doing everything, playing together, apart, touching everything! Finding every nook and cranny including the places they were not supposed to go...
We also ended up bumping into a buddy from our old neighborhood. Turns out they recently moved too and the mom is pregers with her second. Jonah had fun playing with his little buddy - or bothering her... he sort of plays with the boy buddies and bothers the girl buddies...
Then we ended up bumping into a playgroup buddy duo too - so that was totally fun and funny.
Overall, we had a good time. It is super close to us. But it is sorta on the expensive side considering how much cool stuff there is in the Washington, DC area that is free. It was $6 for each of us (so $18) and we stayed until 5:15. They also have a Playseum on Capitol Hill - we'd like to check that one out too - we hear it is a bit more spiffy as it opened up more recently.
The thing is the place could be really awesome with some fresh paint and a trip to Ikea and a large order from Oriental Trading Company. I would love to fix the place up! It would be fun and then it would look fantastic... but my guess is they do a good business so it isn't going to happen. Oh well.
I have my own "kid" centered business idea that I may put into play one day. It is related to the Playseum concept but quite different. Maybe one day, some stay-at-home mom blogger will be posting about my place... a girl can dream!
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| firetruck |
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| and a police car |
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| Vera went WILD for the animals in the "pet area" - bunnies, turtle, lizards, etc. - they brought out the bunny and she was all over him - hysterically laughing the whole time... |
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| Jonah was sorta into the pets... but a bit timid... |
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| shopping |
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| a little nature break |
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| fishing |
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| Vera sporting the Black Stole... and wistfully staring at |
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| Jackie O!!!! |
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| Jonah found the fireman coat and brought in into the dressup area which only had "dresses" - he wanted to dress up too! |
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| kitchen |
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| boat |
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| typing... |
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| Jonah made them tea... |
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| then Jonah found a tiara and "dressed" Vera up like a "princess" - his idea... his words! |
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| And she is our Princess! |
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| sand! |
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| trains! |
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| and even some music! |
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