AC Gilbert Discovery Village Sept 21st

AC Gilbert Discover Village is just a short car ride up the freeway and offered the escape from the daily grind we were looking for. So together with our friends Heather and Kaden we spent a fun Friday afternoon playing!


Our first stop was a kid size grocery store. The kids loved shopping for their own food and then putting it on the conveyor belt and paying with "real" money. They even liked putting the food back so that other kids could enjoy the store.



Colin and Janessa in the produce department. Choosing healthy vegetables- of course!

Janessa was a tireless shopper- she needed a much bigger basket for all of her purchases.

Next, up the stairs to a nautical and water treatment room. They loved driving the boat and using the touch screen tv.

Look Mom I found a..... what is that? Oh yeah, a crawfish- I knew that! Doesn't every two year old know everything!!

Just around the corner was the Trip to China room. We enjoyed a tea party and some hot soup.

Colin found his birth year tile on the wall. He was born in the year of the Horse.

Janessa found hers too, with Mommy's help. She was born in the year of the Rooster.

Colin snuggling with a giant panda.

The next house had an exhibit all about the human body. The kids loved climbing inside of the large mouth and then thru the tunnel that represented the stomach- including balls of food.

Right next door was a room full of bubbles and water play. It ended up being a favorite for the day.

My camera was a little too slow- he actually had a massive bubble from the hoop that popped just as he got it to his forehead. There was also a station where you could stand up and pull a chain down that raised a bubble cylinder all around you. We were not very successfull in getting that one to work correctly.

There were all sorts of dials and knobs jsut perfect for the kids to explore and get wet and soapy!

Upstairs to the castle room. We passed a suit of armor and climbed onto a stage set as a castle. There was a huge trunk of dress up clothes. Don't they look thrilled to be dressed so royally?!

Outside to an enormous play ground complete with cone checkers and a life size erector set to climb on.

Colin is waving to us from the dinosaur dig sand box.

Into the Dinosaur exhibit. Janessa loved to go up and slide down the dinosaur. She did it over and over and over.

Here she goes again!

Look out T-Rex! You are no match for this little girl!!

Colin liked excavating the dinosaur bones with the little paint brush.

Then it was off to find something even more exciting, a dinosaur nest with lots of eggs.

Finally a turn on the slide- but he was much to big to actually slide down it so he chose to walk.

The three little monkeys sitting in the biggest rocking chair I've ever seen. They had such a fun time together today!

Janessa in her own rocking chair with her artwork from the dinosaur room.