Saturday, July 5, 2008

Tubes, Balls, and Slides...Oh my.

Today we wanted to do something fun for Brayden since yesterday we spent most of the day before nap running errands and getting ready to have guests.

Cami was going down for nap around 9ish so we decided that we would head out to a local moonbounce place around then so that she would sleep in the car and we would have two hours to play. We arrive at said moonbounce place and the place is dark with no cars out front...was it really closed on a Saturday? Yes, it was. So we stop by a park between rain storms so Brayden can play while we figure out what to do now.

Quick call to my mom and we have the number for another local moonbounce place...no answer on the telephone. They are closed too! The moonbounce gods must have gotten together and decided that Kelly, Ben and the kiddos were not to moonbounce today.

Another quick call to my mom and we have the number to a family fun center in the area...yes, they are open so we head off. We have now wasted an hour of good, awake Cami time but we drove all this way and to get Brayden out of the park (it had started to rain again), we promised him we would go to an indoor park.

Well, let me tell you, this place was awesome. It was a kid heaven. It was all sorts of tubes and slides. It was huge and the kids could climb, crawl and slide in this mile high maze. Ben and Brayden went in together and had a great time. Brayden was screaming with happiness.

We then saw a ball area so I took Brayden over. Apparently we hadn't paid for this area and we were kicked out. So I carry out a screaming, tantruming Brayden and we go and pay to play in the ball area, which was just like the other area but it had balls and all sorts of cool contraptions that shoot the balls all over the place.


We had a blast! It was tough to get Brayden to leave but Cami was seriously tired so we headed out to give Cami and nap in the car and grab some lunch. It was a great family day and I can't wait to bring Brayden back to kid heaven. He's napping now and I am sure he is dreaming of all the tubes, slides and balls.

2 comments:

Alison said...

I'm glad you found a place that Brayden liked. I can't believe those bounce house places were closed on a Saturday! Reserved for birthday parties, maybe; but closed? Don't they want to stay in business? Strange!

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Alison

Sarah said...

I LOVE that other local ball, tube place you went to.

So.. Ben fixes things AND cooks....
If you tell me he cleans too I will be so jealous.