Friday, July 3, 2009

Pump It Up July 4th Party

Today our play group went to Pump It Up for a July 4th bounce party. Peter was still a little scared of the loud blowers and big jump houses. It's a little over-stimulating for him I think. Add to that a bunch of kids running and screaming and he just clung to mommy for the first 20 minutes.


After a little while I took Peter inside a jump house and we tried bouncing a few times. He stayed within hugging distance of me but he was starting to warm up to the idea.


Peter even let go of me a little and tried a few bounces of his own!


After getting a taste of bouncing we went out to play on the floor. I had brought two of his balls in just to play with on the floor and distract him from the noise. He was starting to calm down and enjoyed chasing his balls down.


Daddy was off work again along with a lot of the other daddies so it was a fun family party. It was nice to have Dad play with Peter, Mom got to socialize with the other mommies.


At the end they gave out goody bags filled with animal crackers (which unfortunately have soy so Peter couldn't eat them) and star sunglasses. Peter liked trying the sunglasses on.


So did daddy!


Mommy didn't try them on, but she laughed at her boys making funny faces in them.


On our way home we stopped at the Dollar Tree to pick up a few fun toys for our airplane trip next week. We also got Peter a patriotic balloon. He is in heaven now!

2 comments:

s said...

what did you get at the dollar store? i'm thinking i need more...give me some ideas:-) i'll ask today at soccer. xo

Oma Cindy said...

Nice family picture. Peter is getting sooo big. I can't to see him. Happy 4th. Love you!