The Endless Birthday Celebration

Cool, huh?
Originally uploaded by tracyg00

We had Jake's kid party on the Friday afternoon after his actual birthday. We got a bouncy house (that would only fit in our front yard). They delivered it at 12:30 in the afternoon and it was an incredibly hot day. Megan and Jake started jumping right away. The party started at 3:00 and I have to say, this was the easiest party ever to coordinate. I didn't have to come up with any activities. They just jumped around in the bouncy house and drank juice and water. The three amigos stopped for a quick photo. Notice how sweaty and red-faced they are:



A big storm rolled in about an hour into the party, so we moved the kids to the basement for a little while and then gave them food and cake.



The rain cleared up and we were back outside jumping by 6:00 - when we invited the neighborhood over to make good use of our bouncy house rental. As it happens, the rental company called and said they would be picking it up the next morning. So, of course, at 5:15 on Saturday morning, Jake poked me in the shoulder and asked if the bouncy house was still here. We made it out there by 7:15 and the guy came to pick it up at 10:00. I think they jumped non-stop for that entire time. Megan told me later that her stomach and legs were sore. She said, "Don't make me laugh, my tummy hurts when I laugh!" Hmmm.....maybe I should have done a little more jumping to work on that core of mine!