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It tends to be very hot in the summers in AZ, does anyone have any good places to take a 2 year old so we can get out of the house. Any place would be great, thanks.
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Makutu's Island, maybe - 2 is a little young but there is a toddler area that can be fun if you go when it is not crowded. There are a couple of indoor play villages (miniature towns), Kids Town Play Center in Tempe has smaller buildings good for crawlers and toddler sizes and Imagination Avenue in North Phoenix has larger buildings that 6-year olds can walk into, toddler cars, a fenced area with toddler toys for really little ones, and a bouncer. Toy Town is in Ahwatukee but only open till like 2pm, never been personally.
You might check out Jeepers in Mesa. There are rides (indoor) like a merry go round, mini airplanes, mini spinning cups, a play house and toddler climbing area, and a sand box. If your little one is closer to 3, you might try miniature golf, there is a new indoor place on 32nd & Greenway called Mini Golf Paradise. Splash Playground at Tempe Beach Park is outdoor but a good summer activity for little ones. The Wave Pool at Kiwani's Recreation Center could also be fun if you are willing to go in the water as well.
The Mesa Museum for Youth is great for young kids, a museum with things meant to be touched and a special area just for those under 5. See their website for possible classes your child can participate in as well. Nearby is the Mesa Southwest Museum if your little one is into dinosaurs.
The library is always a fun free indoor family activity, good chance to spend some time together. Most Phoenix libraries have children's areas where it is okay to make some noise and there are toys as well as books, the Cholla library near Metrocenter is great for this and free events and storytimes or puppet shows as well (see website).
If your child can sit still for 20-30 minutes, the Great Arizona Puppet Theater does shows on the weekends for children usually based on fairy tales. For a fee, you could enroll in some classes at the community centers or private locations like dance or art or gymnastics. Most of the malls have free play areas for little kids now too. The one at Fiesta Mall and Arrowhead Mall are both good.
There are a few websites that list activities, play groups, and seasonal events you can check as well.
GoCityKids.com and About.com/Phoenix
Makutu's Island, maybe - 2 is a little young but there is a toddler area that can be fun if you go when it is not crowded. There are a couple of indoor play villages (miniature towns), Kids Town Play Center in Tempe has smaller buildings good for crawlers and toddler sizes and Imagination Avenue in North Phoenix has larger buildings that 6-year olds can walk into, toddler cars, a fenced area with toddler toys for really little ones, and a bouncer. Toy Town is in Ahwatukee but only open till like 2pm, never been personally.
You might check out Jeepers in Mesa. There are rides (indoor) like a merry go round, mini airplanes, mini spinning cups, a play house and toddler climbing area, and a sand box. If your little one is closer to 3, you might try miniature golf, there is a new indoor place on 32nd & Greenway called Mini Golf Paradise. Splash Playground at Tempe Beach Park is outdoor but a good summer activity for little ones. The Wave Pool at Kiwani's Recreation Center could also be fun if you are willing to go in the water as well.
The Mesa Museum for Youth is great for young kids, a museum with things meant to be touched and a special area just for those under 5. See their website for possible classes your child can participate in as well. Nearby is the Mesa Southwest Museum if your little one is into dinosaurs.
The library is always a fun free indoor family activity, good chance to spend some time together. Most Phoenix libraries have children's areas where it is okay to make some noise and there are toys as well as books, the Cholla library near Metrocenter is great for this and free events and storytimes or puppet shows as well (see website).
If your child can sit still for 20-30 minutes, the Great Arizona Puppet Theater does shows on the weekends for children usually based on fairy tales. For a fee, you could enroll in some classes at the community centers or private locations like dance or art or gymnastics. Most of the malls have free play areas for little kids now too. The one at Fiesta Mall and Arrowhead Mall are both good.
There are a few websites that list activities, play groups, and seasonal events you can check as well.
GoCityKids.com and About.com/Phoenix
What exactly would you do if you had to babysit 2 kids and eventually you found a razor beneath their toys?
buttshaker
This girl that used to annoy me in middle school, well I ran in to her at a carnival.. I am not sure how we came in to contact again, but somehow I ended up getting her phone call.. She wanted to know if I could go to her house and babysit two children while she was at work. I have been asked to babysit before. I was a Counselor in Training at a summer camp with a bunch of little 5 year olds and had to take them up mountains and swimming and stuff. I did not however baby sit two little babies one 2 and one 3. I was fine with them.. The kid actually stopped crying for me, and apparently he never stopped crying for anyone.. The things I found odd:
I came in to the house and it looked like a bomb hit it with things in odd places every where
Toys were all over the floor
The house smelled like boogers
The house also smelled like cigarettes
The hallway in the house smelled like an uncleaned chicken coupe
The person's neighbor or something came while I was babysitting, and actually started to pick up the toys while I was with the toddlers.. There was a rasor/razor underneath all of the toys that were right under the kids
Bathroom was uncleaned... filthy, bathtub never washed, no cleaner or nothing
Floor had stains all over it and was filthy there was no working vaccume clean
Bathroom and kitchen floor were very sticky and gross
After I offered to help my friend clean (after she asked me to clean)... I found more.. Old dirty clothing and what not. She said it wasn't always like that and I could believe her.. may be if I saw it actually.
I visited her for a complete month. She spilled an alcoholic drink all of the floor after I used hot soapy water with a beah bucket and rag to clean it up.. Every night she would fill up the bathtub that was never washed ever and lay in it, drunk. She drank every night.. MM I didn't. I drove her around everywhere for whatever new welfare papers she had to get taken care of..
I unfriended her on my facebook account because I thought it was getting a little too wierd... I was very uncomfortable and felt like a homeless wretched brat.. it was aweful. It was horrible. I couldn't see myself being her acquantance. I did however clean her house in side out.. finding dog turds wrapped up in clothing and what not. Nothing too wierd... Just wierd that the floors were so sticky ew.. and the shower was never clean. I remember cleaning the toilet with something because it had such a ring around it. I think I just got up in the early morning with just a long night shirt on being so disgusted that i just cleaned it in my shirt and underwear, how gross..
So with all of that what would you do? Just stop contacts right?
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It actually sounds like an anonymous call to Child Welfare Services (or whatever the agency is called in your state) would be in order. It sounds like the children are suffering from neglect, and might be endangered.
It actually sounds like an anonymous call to Child Welfare Services (or whatever the agency is called in your state) would be in order. It sounds like the children are suffering from neglect, and might be endangered.
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