Magic House Free Admission Night

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We went to the Magic House last Friday night because it was free admission. I will NEVER do that again. We have taken Bailey there a few times before and she liked it- and they raised the prices (it’s now only free for kids UNDER one, whereas before it was free for kids under two)- so we thought this would be a good chance to go check it out again before we buy a membership. Well, it was so busy. It was just horrible. Normally during the day, it’s a fairly nice, mom and kid type crowd. Well, all the dirties and everyone else came out of the woodwork for the free night. You know, parents who scream and don’t watch their kids? The families who normally don’t go to these events and have no idea how to behave? Yeah, they were all there.

We stayed about an hour or so and then we ended up leaving and going over to my grandparents house. We decided to definitely get the membership, because Bailey had so much fun. She could play in the Little Bit of Magic (kids under 6 years old) area for about 12 hours if we let her. And there are plenty of opportunities for climbing and sliding and crawling, as well as educational/science-y things. I think we are going to get just the basic $60 membership and keep doing our Parents as Teachers classes instead of Magic House classes. Otherwise we would have to pay for the $120 membership PLUS the price of the classes and that seems like a lot right now.

Here are some pics of the Bug from Friday night. You can click on them to enlarge.