Pretend City

While in California, Daniel and I went to a Children's Museum called Pretend City. And it was just that - a pretend city with library, art studio, fire station, beach, grocery store, restaurant, garden, construction site, and more! Daniel loved it. A lot of the stuff was showing its age, but it was still a wonderful experience. Daniel is just now getting into pretend play, so I was pretty excited to see him at "work" in so many areas!

The construction site was Daniel's favorite. We kept going back to it. I was sad there was only one set of pliers and no more tools, but the pipes were pretty good!

Once Daniel found the orange safety helmet, he wouldn't take it off. He had it on when we took a break for lunch and when we went on our second trip to the garden. It kept slipping off because the adjustable strap inside was missing, but he refused to switch it for another.

OOPS!

 The garden had lots of great tools, in addition to the vegetables Daniel could plant and dig up. The "dirt" was shredded tire. I've also seen this used in fossil dig sites and even on playgrounds. What a great reuse of old tires! The walls had orange trees, apple trees, and strawberry plants with fruit that could be picked right off the plant! You can see the oranges in the backgrounds above. Very creative.

There was a house in the city, with all the necessary rooms. Daniel liked the kitchen and bathroom best.

Daniel made pizza in the restaurant and a sandwich with all the fixin's in the grocery store.

He went fishing and colored an airplane for his Uncle Mikey.

He went to the fire station where he lifted weights, and then he drove a car along the "beach." It was such a fun day!