bouncin' round the room

We've had some quiet weekends so far this year and I've been feeling a bit cooped up. Last Saturday, I made it my mission to change all that. We started at the gym, where Little Miss J played basketball and climbed on the playground at the kids club. Last time we tried to leave her at the gym daycare, she cried the whole time so we never actually got the chance to workout. She really wanted to go to the kids club this time, but was a bit hesitant to let us out of her sight. She warmed up quickly though, and Gus and I were able to get in a workout. I had tried to get us to storytime at the mall, but we were running late so we skipped it and played outside at our house instead.

I had made a reservation for her to play at Bounce U for later in the afternoon. Little Miss J talked about going "jumping" all day.

As you can see, she had a great time. Both she and I worked up a sweat. After the jumping we headed to the mall. We had to walk by the play area to get to the food court and it took a bit to convince her that we would go play after we ate.

After a quick bite, Little Miss J was ready to run, jump, climb and play. She would climb on top of these things and jump off. Gus and I watched with our breath collectively held. We thought about what would happen if she face planted, but wanted to give her the freedom to try things. So yes, I was the mom that would have been regrettably sad had her child broken her face at the play area - but thankfully we came out of there in one piece.

I thought after all that running around that I'd get a good night's sleep out of Little Miss J. She crashed in the car on the way home from the mall, but woke up promptly at midnight requesting water. Oh well. We tried, and Little Miss J had a great day nonetheless.