It's been such a hectic last few weeks with family and friends in town, moving into our new home and now getting prepared for the upcoming holiday season. Our kids have been bouncing off walls with all the excitement that is to come and we couldn't wait to join in on the fun. We decided to enjoy a day just the four us without distractions of guests, moving boxes or just general errands and bring the kids out for a fun day date as a family.
My children have a lot of energy so taking them to a place where they can run around get rid of some of that built up steam was the perfect plan in our eyes. The Ball Factory was exactly what our toddler and pre-schooler needed to run, jump, swing, dance and dive into fun! This place offered so much for our kids to do, explore and have fun with including even a small matted area for Landon, whose still getting used to large crowds and can't keep up with his older sister.
His personal play area included a small ball bit, lots of big blocks to learn to put things together, matts to roll around and climb up on ( this kid was in heaven ) and even bug tunnels to crawl around under. He couldn't have had a bigger small on his face! As for my daughter, she loved the trucks and cars that she could ride around over a bridge, collect logs and travel with them to drop off with someone else or pretend she was filling up her car for another long road trip.
After a few hours, we decided to treat our kids with pizza and dessert because who doesn't enjoy some greasy food after hours of running and jumping?! All in all, the kids both said it was one of their favorite days ever and for us, it was such a special time to see them living their best life and truly being in the moment with them.
Now, you may be wondering how much all this cost? It was around $160. What is that really worth you might ask and that's a great question. For us, you can't really put a price on experience and we want to share as many as we can with our kids together as a family but we also want to know that our money is being spent the way we see fit, and the importance of being smart about where and how we are spending our money.
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