Let's Go "Pay"

Last Thursday morning, my mom and I took Liam to the Indoor Safari Park in Plano so he could play. That morning was cold and rainy, so it was a great opportunity to check out an indoor play place.

We got there shortly after they opened, and I put Liam in the soft toddler play area first. It had a tiny slide, but Liam thought it was fun anyway, and some large blocks he could stack. Then we went to the small play table area. A couple other little boys around Liam's age were in there too. They played at the train table together (i.e. beside each other) and occasionally took trains out of each others' hands...the usual. No one really got upset, though.

Then Liam played in the large play area meant for 2-4 year olds. Since the only other kids there were around his age, I let him. If there had been 4 year olds thrashing about in it, we would've skipped it. I plopped Liam in the ball pit, which was his first time in one. He was a little cautious at first, but quickly started digging it. He spent a long time just falling down (on purpose) on top of the plastic balls. Eventually, Liam decided to climb to the top of the really tall play area. Since there was no way I was letting him go up there alone, I had to climb up too. Liam did a great job climbing and going through the tunnel. They announced the train ride while we were up there, so we slid down the slide into the ball pit, and headed over to the train. No one else wanted to ride it then, so we had the entire tiny train to ourselves. It was a pretty lame train ride, as it just went in a circle a few times while an employee held stuffed animals up to Liam's face. Thankfully, it didn't last too long.

After that, he went back to the ball pit. He escaped several times and ran to the large play area meant for 5-10 year olds. I had to carry him away from it with him yelling, "Why? Why?!" No one was playing in it, but I still got the impression from the employees that it was off-limits.

After being there a little over an hour, I could tell Liam was about done. I tried to get him to sit on one of the walking animals, but he didn't want to at all, so we left!

I know Liam had a good time, but the place was pretty underwhelming. I'm not saying we won't go back again, but it will be a long time.