Playground equipment

Where: Eden Prairie Mall- indoor play area
Ages: 2-9
Gender: mostly male, with a few female
Demographics: Caucasian, African American, Asian, Hispanic.
Time Observed: 5:10-5:30

Once again, I observed at the playground area in my mall. It was less crowded this time. At first, there were just a few boys and one or two girls. There was one little boy who was pushing his car toys up the slides, by himself. There was a boy and girl running around and playing in the tunnels. During one part, all the children disappeared in the structure. Two different dads got worried after a few minutes of this, and went to look for them. The children popped out of the tunnels and were fine though.
The brother and sister went over to a plastic, fake fire pit and started playing with it. They were pretending to be campers making chocolate over the fire.
The area eventually grew more crowded, as a group of moms appeared with their kids. Three girls went over the boat and jetski and started playing. They were pretending to race each other.
A number of boys also came and started climbing all over the various structures. One boy went and sat on the plastic ladybug, but he seemed confused as to what to do and soon got up. There was a little area that looked like a log platform. No one went over here, however.
One little boy, probably around 2 years old, occupied himself with going up and down a set of steps. He did this for about 5-8 minutes.
Later on, the girl and boy went over to the boat and pretended it was a rocket ship. They eventually left and another boy took over. He pretended to be rowing.
One little boy escaped from the play area, but his dad found him and brought him back.
Also, children again started running all over the couches. This appears to be a problem.