KinderJungle

The South has Mardi Gras. The North has...what do you guys do in February besides get snowed under? Anyhoo, here in Europe, we have Carnival. That means a week off of school to do absolutely nothing but play. The kids and I are making the most of it. On Tuesday, we went to KinderJungle with friends. Well, Brandon went to play and Jess was drug along to endure it as best as she could (being a teenager and all). Poor Jess. Kinderjungle is Belgium's version of Chuck E. Cheese's, without the huge mouse moseying around. I must say, we were impressed with it. It's also a very well kept secret. From the outside, it looks like a big metal warehouse, and it's tucked away on the back side of a big truck storage yard. I think they rely fully on word of mouth for all of their customers. We certainly wouldn't have just happened upon it and said, "Hmmm, that looks interesting. Let's check it out!" I've noticed that seems to be the way things are done here. Plain outside with little or no signs, and very interesting and fun things inside. I was worried that this place might be too young for Brandon, but he had a blast. It was the perfect activity for a cold, snowy day. I refer to this slide as the "Death Drop". You can't tell from the picture, but the top part of it is straight down. From a distance, it looks like the kids are just falling off of the top platform. Of course, it was the most popular slide there.

We "old people" sat in this area and let the kids run themselves ragged for a couple of hours. In the area behind us, they had toys for the younger crowd. One section had lots of little Fisher Price play houses and mini slides, and the other had tons of huge Lego's with which to build just about anything you could imagine. I told Jess that we were having her next birthday party here. She rolled her eyes and said something smart alecky...and then thought about it. "Hmmm..." she said. "That might actually be fun..."