Turnpike Tikes

Okay, Hurricane Irene was seriously bad stuff. Every morning I wake up and remind myself how fortunate I am that my family made out alright. For those of you who suffered serious losses, my heart goes out to you and I hope this rain lets up and doesn’t make a bad situation worse.

This week of rain is just relentless. The kids (and yours truly) are climbing the walls. For those of you itching to get out, I have this to offer: Kidnetic in Montville, NJ. I gave them a ring and their doors are open for business and their summer hours are still in effect.

Kidnetic is an indoor play space that offers plenty of open play hours. It has a large indoor jungle gym with climbing nets and slides and all that good stuff. The place is clean, open, has a great climbing gym and lots of padded cushions for gymnastics and tumbling. There are benches for weary moms to sit on and still supervise. The morning I went was surprisingly uncrowded. It’s $10 a kid and $8 for siblings, which isn’t the cheapest place around, but there’s no time limit on that $10, so you could definitely wear the children down until they pass out in the car on the ride home. Remember to bring socks, because the kids have to take their shoes off, but must be wearing socks. So leave the flip flops at home.

Kidnetic is located in the far back of a large parking lot complex, so when you pull into the lot, just keep driving toward the back. You’ll find it. It’s there. It’s off 46, so make sure the roads are all up and good if you’re coming from Montclair or Cedar Grove.

So go to Kidnetic. Get out of the house. There’s no reason to lose your mind in the rain.