Buffalo Park

 

We are so excited that a brand new park has opened up in Mill Creek, BUFFALO PARK! We have gone twice in the past week. My kids and I love it!

It has a few different things that I haven't seen at some of the other parks around here. It has a bocce ball court (we saw a Dad and daughter practicing soccer on it too!)

 A couple tables in the shade and the restrooms were open when we went yesterday but for the life of me I couldn't see a light switch, so we used our cell phone flashlight! 

Lots of fun "monkey" bars:

And another thing we haven't found at other parks...a "tightrope" as my kids call it!! This was really fun for them!

Another new and fun swing that easily fit my 3

I love that the merry go round is safer than others I've seen. When we went yesterday this area was closed because they had to move this over since it was too close to the swing set. Hopefully it opens again soon!

And hopefully the swings get installed soon too!

This is the main playground area 

 I'm not sure if this is a slide or a climbing structure or both! It is a lot of fun though! 

What we loved:

*fun new features like the tightrope, merry go round and bocce ball court

*lots of grass area

*several benches for sitting around the perimeter of the park

*easy to find

*water fountain, in case you're like me and often forget to grab water before leaving the house!

What to prepare for:

*like most parks, the equipment can get HOT when it's sunny out. We were there when it was 77 degrees and it was getting hot.

*there is a decent amount of parking, but with the construction still going on with the townhomes there are more vehicles around than there would be normally.

Weekend Happenings Jan.31st-Feb 2nd

EVERETT: Join the Everett Mall on Friday Jan. 31st from 5:00 - 7:00 pm for Hawks Happy Hour!! Face painting, coloring pages and more! There will also be some great discounts at the Food Court if you want to have dinner there too!

Imagine Children's Museum is having a special performer come do a Lion Dance at 1:00 on Saturday Feb. 1st in celebration of the Chinese New Year!

FYI the Seattle Childrens Museum is having some Groundhoug day celebrations as well.

This is your last weekend to get in on tickets to the Village Theatre's showing of Beauty and the Beast Jr.! An Everett KIDSTAGE Production includes all of your favorite hit songs from the film, plus new songs written especially for the stage. Running time is 1 hour, 15 min. (no intermission). Tickets are $14 General and $12 Youth and Seniors. Thursday - Saturday at 7:00 pm and Sunday at 2:00 pm.

SNOHOMISH: You have to take the kids to Snohomish on Saturday for Ground Frog Day!!

The event is free from 11 am - 1 pm at the Snohomish Event Gazebo (intersection of First St and Ave D, downtown). Slew will make his frognostication and proclaim spring's arrival or 6 more weeks of chilly days! There will be special crafts, Frog Jumping (rope), music, dancing and entertainment.

MILL CREEK: A Daddy/Daughter "Under the Sea" dance is happening at Gold Creek Church (through the preschool Kids at the Creek) on Friday Jan. 31st from 6:30-8:30 pm. Online tickets start at $25, at the door $35

Events happening in King County include:
*Elf on the Shelf: Birthday Edition reading at Barnes and Noble Woodinville (free) Feb.1st
*Learn about Groundhogs and Shadows and bring home your own groundhog weather predictor in Bellevue. Feb 1st

*More Chinese New Year celebrations in Chinatown Seattle
*Children's Film Festival happening now in Seattle. Ticket prices are all under $20.

Happy Weekend everyone!! And go SEAHAWKS!!!!

Island Time

I am so excited to tell you that we found another fun indoor place!! Welcome to Island Time!!!

It is located in Mill Creek, the play area is FREE and my kids were exhausted after playing here!

This is the climbing structure (please excuse the camera phone pics, my real camera was forgotten, along with several other things today!): 

In the climbing/play structure they have an interactive projector that entertained the kids and got them MOVING!! 

Attached to and right next to the bigger structure was a fun area for young ones:

They also have some arcade games. Tokens are 4 for $1 and each game requires one or two tokens. You can then win tickets to redeem for prizes! 

Laser Tag is $6 a player for a 10 minute game 

They also serve frozen yogurt! 6 flavors, .37 cents an ounce with several different toppings

 They have a good sized menu and I think reasonable prices. We tried a bagel with cream cheese and a muffin and they were really good, my children devoured them both!! You can get a kids meal for $2.99! I think that's a great price.  

I met up with a couple Moms from my pre-school and was impressed with how clean it was as well. There was a birthday party there, approximately 10 families there, and that didn't feel like too much.

Here are a few things to keep in my mind:

*The parking spots are small (they say compact and they mean it! Minivans will not fit!) but there is parking around, you just won't be right in front.

*Bring cash for the arcade games, unless you want to used your debit card to spend $10 on 40 tokens

*I didn't see a room for the birthday party..they just closed off an area and had long tables set up. It was semi-private, but still easy for people to get to.

Overall I loved this place, my kids loved it and we will be going back! It would be a perfect place for Daddy/Mommy and daughter/son date or a play date or a place to burn off some energy before bed!

Hours:

Mon-Thurs: 10am - 9pm

Fri-Sat: 10 am - 10 pm

Sun: 11am - 7pm

Address:

3916 148th St SE, Mill Creek 98012

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Free Santa Parade!!!

We attended this fabulous event last year in Mill Creek and LOVED IT!!!!!! It starts with a fun parade and Santa coming, then the tree lighting and that is all followed by lots of fun free activities for the family!!

We especially enjoyed the hay ride (my little ones love animals), seeing the reindeer and going on the train ride. The businesses did a great job of handing out goodies, making crafts, and keeping everyone warm. They were all friendly and the event was well put together. I really hope that it will be just as good this year!

Dec 7th from 3:30-5:00 pm

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(This might be fun to go to after having fun at Snow Day, all the fun is in Mill Creek this Saturday!)

Snow Day!!

Here's another event we are adding to our weekend agenda.....SNOW DAY at the Gold Creek Community Church in Mill Creek!!!

This is a FREE family fun event, here are some of the things you can do on Saturday (Dec 7th) from 10 am - 2 pm:

*Outdoor Sledding (real snow is being brought in from the mountains, how cool is that?!)

*Go Kart Racing

*Mrs. Klaus's Kitchen

*Story Book theater

*Zip lining

*Snow Day Express (train ride)

*Santa and friends

*Concessions, hot chocolate, chili boats and more

*Spray tattoos

*Balloon Animals

*Snowballs

*Prizes

Whew!!! That is a lot of fun stuff right there folks!!

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