Pump It Up Jr.

Last Friday while in Portland my mom had the day off work, as did my dad. So, we all went to Pump It Up Jr. again. I was looking forward to this time, as this scheduled play time is only for ages under 3. Much better for my super cautious little one. Since it had been quite a while since Lacy had been, we started at ground zero. WHICH meant she was fine on the small jumping gyms with very little slides. BUT, it took a couple times of her pregnant mommy climbing up the ladder CARRYING her, calmly explaining 'it's OK that the slide wiggles, it's so fun!', her panicking(aka screaming and crying) at the top, then squealing with delight as we scream down the slide. That part she loved and eventually I was able to wean her off of needing me with her and she concluded it was safe and understood the big slide was going to move around and she was good to go! I should have pulled out my new lens from the beginning, but I kept my old one on for most, thinking I needed a bigger frame for the photos. At the end I switched...Lacy was so hyper she wanted nothing to do with the camera or looking at the camera, so I did not get any of her LOOKING at the camera with the new lens. Oh, well...now I know for next time.

Random side note-When I was sitting in the obstacle course with Lacy as she jumped in one spot, two older boys(HOPING they were actually 3) came through. ALL BOYS:) Fine, right? So one boy says in a growling voice 'we are the bad guys' I responded with something like, 'oh, well, you have fun bad boys' and faster than fast, the boy comes over and SMACKS me over the head SO hard TWICE and dashes off before I could grab him or talk to him. I would NEVER have even though about hitting an adult, let alone doing it TWICE and on the head! His mom was not around...but I did talk to Lacy about how that was not ok and how it made me feel that he hurt me.

Papa and Lacy had so much fun together playing in the bouncy areas together! Ma'am was feeling pretty sick and just was there to smile and watch:) Lots of giggles and smiles were had that morning. Also, Lacy did great in panties! Although...we did leave with a crying little girl on our hands. She had played so hard, ending up tired and very hungry and thinking that was grounds to not obey mommy...yeah, I don't think so! :) But, overall it was a great morning.