Monkey Joe's

Paul got home a little early from work yesterday and I suggested we eat an early dinner and head to Monkey Joe's for the evening. I thought it would be fun to do something that I though all the kids would enjoy rather than something Jack would enjoy and the babies would just do. This was the twins first time going to Monkey Joe's and at first they were a little hesitant, Schaeffer especially. But by the time we got checked in and shoes and coats off they were excited. We spent a good while in one of the jumpers meant for little kids. We were pretty much the only ones in this jumper which was wonderful and all the kids loved it. Schaeffer and Logan finally have enough strength and balance that they could walk and even try to jump a little. Of course they also enjoyed crawling and rolling around. Unsure of what their reaction would be we decided to send them down the slide. From the get go they loved it and just kept circling around for more. We did venture off into other parts of MJ's. Jack finally tried some of the bigger slides which I had been telling him he would really like and he had been telling me they were scary. Of course by the end he was doing the big slide over and over again. And of course on a Friday night the crowd is a little bigger and the kids a little wilder. Those older kids just have no thought to pay attention to where their limbs are flying in relations to other people. And some kids are just plain mean. Jack got pushed good by a bigger boy and came out of the jumper crying. I had seen most of it happen and had tried to stop it but I couldn't. We spent most of the drive home talking about how we need to forgive even though the bigger boy didn't ask for forgiveness. It took Jack quite a while to decide he could forgive and I had to remind him that sometimes he does mean things to his brothers or friends and needs their forgiveness. In the end he came around. And while Schaeffer thoroughly enjoyed himself, the poor thing was exhausted and started waving bye-bye and blowing kisses before we ever said it was time to go. At one point towards the end he just laid down on a mat and sucked his fingers like he was ready for bed. I do love MJ's  for wearing kids out. Most kids anyway, Logan just kept signing more. He could have done slides for much longer than we stayed and we all know that Jack is pretty challenging to wear out.

Jack really wanted me to get a picture of him on the slide, while smiling. Sort of ended up with a crazy look.