Austin. Mom. Blog. » Play Areas http://www.austinmomblog.com An Austin Area Mom's Blog Sun, 10 Jun 2012 17:29:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 en hourly 1 Hoppin Hippo in Hutto, Texas http://www.austinmomblog.com/hoppin-hippo/ http://www.austinmomblog.com/hoppin-hippo/#comments Sat, 24 Jul 2010 18:14:04 +0000 Dianna http://www.austinmomblog.com/?p=416 Wow! I am sorry it has been so… long since I have posted anything. I thought I would start off with Hoppin Hippo since it was a fun and clean place to visit. I was really impressed with the whole facility. The first thing to keep in mind is that both parent and child must have socks. I was not aware of that when I went. Hoppin Hippo has socks you are able to purchase for $2.oo. The whole wearing socks thing is a great idea. It sounds a little harsh, but I think it might prevent people from getting any fungus or nasty disease. Overall the facility was clean and inviting for kids to play. When my boys first walked in they immediately went to the wooden clubhouse, climbed the stairs, and put on a costume. There were buckets full of costumes the children were able to play with. After running freely like they were the actual character both boys went into an inflatable giraffe. It was the kind of inflatable that you enter through one side, crawl through, and then end up on the other end. The giraffe was their favorite. Next they jumped on a bouncy house and went down the slide attached. Hoppin Hippo also had a large playscape with a ball pit, another inflatable next to it, and a small plastic playscape in the middle of the facility. I’m hoping the pictures I post will give it more justice. Hoppin Hippo’s website states that it’s recommended for ages 0-7. I believe that’s the perfect age group for this place. A child over 7 would probably think it would be too kiddie. Since my two sons are 4 and 6, it was perfect. We’re trying to make some time to visit again, but our summer keeps getting shorter. We will definitely try one day.

The Clubhouse

The Inflatable Giraffe

Large Playscape

Bouncy House with Slide

]]> http://www.austinmomblog.com/hoppin-hippo/feed/ 0 Count Your Coins at Chuck-e-Cheese http://www.austinmomblog.com/count-your-coins-at-chuck-e-cheese/ http://www.austinmomblog.com/count-your-coins-at-chuck-e-cheese/#comments Sun, 28 Feb 2010 03:08:38 +0000 Dianna http://www.austinmomblog.com/?p=207 We really enjoy visiting the Chuck-e-Cheese on Mopac and have been there twice in the last month. When my son and I visited on Thursday it was really enjoyable. We arrived at 9:30 a.m. and we were the first ones there. We had the whole place to ourselves for thirty minutes. I bought a 100 coins and I usually don’t have time to count or worry about if the 100 I received was correct. Usually the boys want the coins so fast they are gone within a few seconds. Since we had time Thursday morning I decided to count them. Guess what? I only counted 76. I counted it two more times to make sure. It still was 76. We will still continue visiting Chuck-e-Cheese, but from now on I will count the coins before the boys start grabbing.

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