So Christmas break has probably been my favorite part of the school year so far! Don't get me wrong, Kayley loves school. She has a great teacher and she has a great group of kids in her class and she gets along really well with them. I seriously couldn't ask for a better kindergarten experience for her. However, I still would just love to have her home with me everyday! So during Christmas break I wanted to try and get together with as much family and friends as I could but also take it easy and just enjoy the time I had with Kayley at home from school. So Michelle and I had planned a playdate. Our original plan was to just play at our house, but Michelle called that morning with the idea of going to Overland Park and try out their Jumping Jax. Michelle of course had a coupon so of course we were game! We also got to ride together thanks to Michelle doing all the footwork of getting enough carseats in her van. I think that was the best part for the kids! So Jumping Jax is an indoor place with a bunch of large bouncy houses. They actually had a zipline thing from a clubhouse. It was really cute to watch the kids try it. Kayley and Ashlyn didn't want much to do with it but we were glad they at least tried it once. Kayley even tried it twice but both times she would just jump off the edge and fall to the mat instead of holding onto the bar. Cora on the other hand I had to remind her to let go of the bar when she was at the end of the zipline. She was cute and I was very impressed with her ability to do the whole thing!
Then of course had to get pictures of each of the kids going down the big slides! Garrett even ventured into some of the biggest ones...thanks to Michelle's help!! I was the picture taker so I didn't have to take Rex up the biggest one and I was very glad for that...it's a workout just to get yourself up there, it's tricky getting your feet to stay on the inflatable pegs to be used as steps and to hold onto the ropes at the same time all while trying to lift an 18 month up the steps too....not very fun! Needless to say I had to get a picture of Garrett on the huge slide because I knew that would be the only time he'd make it up there!
This is where we tried to keep Rex and Garrett as much as possible..in the small bouncy areas. However this was even difficult as a daycare also decided to come the same day. Let me say...some of those kids really tried my patience!! Poor little Rex and Garrett got bumped around a time or two by some older kids who really just had no awareness of them being smaller. In fact, one time I took Rex and Garrett by myself up a slide while Michelle took pictures and some kids were trying to pass me and the two boys while I was trying to get them up the aforementioned difficult ladder of the slide. I had to pretty much bump my booty in their face to get them to stop from cutting in front of me while I tried to get the two 18 month and 20 month boys up to the top! I was a bit peeved! Needless to say the kids had a blast and it's as always, fun to get together!
