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Did you have plans to attend a Super Bowl Party that have been foiled by the snowy weather? Our plans haven’t been greatly affected since we were hosting a couple of other families – who live in our neighborhood. If you weren’t planning to be home, I have pulled together a few food and activity ideas to […]
Zap Zone has closed their Ann Arbor location on Carpenter Rd. They have opened up Best in Games just up the street. Best in Games does have Laser Tag and an arcade, but birthday parties would be different. Yesterday my daughter had her birthday party at Zap-Zone. Last year one of her friends had his
“AWESOME! AWESOME!! AWESOME!!!” was my daughter’s exclamation as we entered the first floor of the Ann Arbor Hands-On Museum for the first time since H2Oh! exhibit opened. Her eyes lit up with excitement as she ran around the different parts of the exhibit before pausing to play with any of it. As a preschooler my daughter loved
This morning I was invited to a media event to tour the renovations at Briarwood Mall. There are a lot of improvements at the mall for families, especially those with small children. When you arrive at the mall, the first thing you will notice is the new entrances. With automated sliding doors, they are much
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After 3 attempts at an indoor play space, this location is now a karate studio. The play structure has been removed. One of my Facebook followers just shared that The Jungle Gym opened this week in Ypsilanti. The Jungle Gym is located at 1834 Whittaker Rd in Paint Creek Shopping Center on Whittaker Rd, in the
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Tonight our family went to Fun Friday Night at the UM Natural History Museum. Since my husband works at UM, we met for dinner at Chipotle on State St then headed to the Museum. We arrived in time for the 7p story time. We had to get tickets (free) in the gift shop. Fortunately my
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Tuesday night my daughter was commenting on how interesting she thinks the trampoline cages are…trampolines with enclosures. Then, yesterday someone was telling me about a new indoor trampoline park that opened in Canton recently. Sky Zone Indoor Trampoline Park recently opened in Canton, MI. Sky Zone has a massive trampoline surface enclosed by angled trampolines allowing
Update Nov 2013: The Jungle Gym has opened in the old New Zoo facility. Unfortunately New Zoo Play Cafe in Ypsilanti has closed as of today. They were not able to make the business profitable. We never made it to New Zoo since they had reopened but were looking forward to visiting. You can view
Update Nov 2013: New Zoo closed in August 2012. The Jungle Gym has opened in the old New Zoo facility. = And Jungle Gym has also closed.2011 was a rough year for indoor play spaces in the Ann Arbor area with the closing of Jungle Java/Mocha Mountain and Zoobilee and Ypsilanti. The Chelsea Treehouse was also closed
This fall Chelsea Treehouse moved to a new location and reopened on Wednesday November 23, 2011. The new location is more convenient from Ann Arbor as it is closer to I-94, although it lacks the charm of being in downtown Chelsea. I had purchased the Groupon deal in November for 5 Treehouse passes. It was
