Addie Kate had been there before, and to a couple other bouncey houses/indoor playhouses (one of the advantages to living in a bigger city!), but Monkey Joes is the only one open on Saturdays to the public. (Great for us, not so great for birthday parties in case anyone was wondering!) We knew Addie loved it, so we were super excited to go. Aiden was even in town and got to meet us over there!
Well... as soon as we walked in, Addie freaked out!!! I'm talking, people/strangers staring at us wondering what in the world was wrong, and Tommy even went back out in the pouring rain to hunt down the car for a pacifier. Who would have ever thought we'd need a pacifier in that place? Anyway, after much, much, much prodding and promising her that we would not leave her there, and showing her that the noise she was hearing was fun (the child cannot stand loud noises, and that place was full of screaming kids), she finally started to enjoy herself beyond belief. What got her attention first was a little boy, about her age (who, of course, she called a baby) that was running around and having fun. Then, I showed her the big slide, and she was hooked.
I knew, of course, that I'd have to take her myself down the slide. Little did I know, that I'd have to take her everywhere! She was probably one of the youngest children there (other than babies that were being held by their mothers), and just couldn't do things by herself just yet, at least without getting completely trampled by others. So, up I went, into each and every bouncey house with her. And climbing that slide, toting a 23 lb. girl on your hip, is no easy feat!
Our pediatrician was there, and apparently after observing us for a while, she came over to me and asked, "Does this make you nervous having her here?" It totally did, and I guess that was written all over my face! I don't like crowded places with her, and some of those kids were big and wild! She did great though, it was just me that had the trouble!
On our way home, Addie Kate passed out!!! I mean, didn't even budge for me to manhandle her out of the car seat and car. So, we were able to get her to eat some lunch, then put her down for a nice, long nap. Tommy ran some errands, so Mommy took a nice long nap too.
What other way is there to spend a rainy Saturday? It was just wonderful!
I loved this little "age 3 and under" play area; unfortunately, Addie preferred the bigger ones!
Oh my, I could just eat that sweet face up!
This was taken through the screen!
She would just run and run around this center piece.
And there we go, back up the slide, for the thousandth time! We did try to let her walk up it, once. The "steps" were taller than she is!
Weeeee!
It was always fun trying to get out at the bottom!
And, she's out.
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