Pump It Up

Yesterday I took the kids to Pump It Up for the first time. It was so much fun! The day started out kinda crazy tho. First off, I took the address off the site and mapped it. Well, who knows what address I had cause it took me to some crazy residential area in Madera at least 10 miles out of the way. Good thing I had left so early! So finally, with Neils help, I found the right place, which is still in Madera but no where near the first place I went.

Then, once we got there, I went to go take the kids into the play area and Justus freaked out. I think because you dont really see right into the room, you just see a giant wall of the inflatable and you kinda have to walk around it. So I had to haul him in there and of course that set Haven off. So before we even got to the fun stuff I had to deal with two screaming, freaked out kids.

Once we got inside Justus warmed up a little bit but I still had to carry him to the top of the slide and slide down with him. But after that, he was all out and LOVED every thing!

Haven on the other hand, still wasnt so sure. Of course, she really didnt like parting with her shoes from the get-go. But I took her down the slide a few times, but she still wouldnt do it without me. So I ended up just letting her jump around the room and eventually she warmed up to only one of the inflatables. I think she really has an aversion to being caged in and in a lot of those inflatables, it does have that feel. So the one she chose to hang out in wasnt enclosed.

So the cute stories were: at one point Justus asked me from inside one of the inflatables "Is this a fairytale?" and then when we were on our way home he kept referring to it as "Candyland" I think cause of all the imagination tantalizing thoughts of big bounce houses, crazy obstacle course inflatables, giant slide etc. So cute!!

Meet the Pups

These are Justus companions. Their names are: Naxi, Arc and Bella. Justus came up with the names all by himself ;)

It runs in my genes

Many of my relatives are in the hair industry.

Phone man

Justus has a new obsession with his phone. Lately he will talk a lot about calling different (fictional) people. He will get on his phone and call someone and then have a lengthy conversation. His conversations often have exclamations like "No way!!" or "Are you for reals?" Hmmmm, wonder where he learns that??

Redondo Beach

For the past few weeks, Justus has been asking to go to the beach. Little did he know we were planning on going!! Neil had to go to Torrance for a work conference so the kids and I tagged along. Of course, most of my time was single parenting, but with the kids getting older, its really quite fun and less frustrating. So we spent 3 nights at the hotel in Torrance.

The fist full day we were there I had planned to take the kids (of course, what else was I going to do with them??) to go visit my friend that lives down in OC. (I never quite know how to say that...I really dont get all that LA jargon. It all just LA to me). But anyways, we got to go for a visit and I got to meet their newest addition.

Before we headed that way, tho, we did stop in to check out the pier at Redondo beach to see what would be best for us the next day.

The following day we headed straight for the beach. The kids love it and could play there all day long. We got there at about 8:30 and I thought it might be a little chilly, but no way. It was such perfect weather. We hung out there until lunch time and then we ate on the pier. Then back to the hotel for naps. We ended the day having dinner with Dad.

The last day we were there, Neil had our car. So we just walked around the outdoor mall that was close by. Then home. The kids had a great time and so did I. I was really impressed with the Torrance and Redondo beach area. Not to mention we had some GREAT weather! PTL!!

Happy Birthday Justus!

My big kid turned 4! Wow!! Birthdays are such fun milestones. To reflect back on all the last year has held and remember the day he was born. Such great memories!

This year we celebrated a night early since Katie and her fam were leaving to go out of town on Justus actual birthday. So thurs night everyone came over for cake and presents. Justus picked out his cake. He first told me he wanted a green race car with flame jobs but after we went to Savemart and looked at the cake book, he picked out the Nascar cake. Now Im sure it was because of the checkered flag backdrop, but can I just say, Im NOT a Nascar fan. But being the great mom I am, I let it slide.

After his party he thought he was 4 but I had to keep telling him not until the next day would he actually be 4, we were just celebrating his birthday. It was funny and so cute!

Then on his actual birthday we started the day off with donuts. GG came to celebrate with us. Then after donuts we came home so he could play with all his new toys. Then a little later we took a trip to Toys R Us to spend the birthday money that Aunt Carolyn and Grammy had sent. With my help, he picked out a train table. :) The boy loves trains right now. I think its because he loves that show on Disney Chuggington so much. Anyways, we are in train Heaven at our house now. GG and Papa had given him some more Geo Tracks and so all this together makes for lots of train fun!

After our shopping trip it was time to head home and play more. Then for dinner we went to Red Robin so they could make a big deal of Justus and sing and give him free ice cream. Yum!! Yay for Justus turning 4!!

Great Massage deal

My friend Jeanine has a great massage deal going on. $50 for 75 min and $45 for your first one. You CANNOT beat that deal. Great for Vday or Mothers day coming up.

Just wanted to pass the info along. She is fully licensed and works out of old town Clovis. You can reach her at 559.269.4544.