The Magic House

Playing in the sand

Playing with the BIG Legos 

Playing with the water

Our hair standing on end

Grandy's Hair

We took Emily to the Magic House today in St. Louis.  It is a great children's museum here in St. Louis.  First we started with an area called "A Little Bit of Magic" for kids 1-6.  Emily had a really fun time in there and got to play with tennis balls going down a series of ramps, a big doll house, a big impressions thing, as well as the sand table, water table, and big legos.  There were probably a few other things that I've forgotten in that area.  True to Emily, she took several minutes to warm up at each different activity, but then would get really into it and we'd have to convince her that it was time to move on.  There was also a fun Children's Village with a pretend grocery store, a pizza restaurant and all of the other things that a village would have.  We didn't play in that for too long, but it was neat to look at and I know she'll enjoy it as she gets older.

After awhile we went upstairs and found the electrostatic ball.  By holding your hand on it, it makes your hair stand on end.  I went first with her in my arms and she didn't seem to mind the feeling of her hair standing up, but got very, very upset when she looked at me and my hair was standing on end.  Her hair stood up great and we ended up getting our picture taken and put onto a magnet for the fridge at home.  After we left that area, Emily couldn't take her hands off of my hair and kept patting it and talking about how it had been funny.  She was rather confused about the whole thing.  She was ready to leave shortly after, maybe the trauma of the hair, maybe we'd just done enough.  There is also a picture of Grandy looking like a crazy woman with her hair on end!  :)