And my thinking was that if we were to take vacation days away from work, then we shall all make it a bit of a staycation. Daddy's day was on Monday; they took the Burnsville Mall by storm, then went to see "The Lorax". Other events will include the zoo, a picnic playdate with favorite friends, an indoor adventure park, and today...today we went to Pump It Up.
A good friend of mine gave us a tip that every day from 10-1130, your kid can jump on ginormous inflatables for $6. The bonus is that the big kids are in school, so your toddler isn't knocked around. As much.
As previously blogged, Oliver has been inside a few bounce-houses. After a few minutes, we can usually convince him to slip inside, and then it's us who need to stop freaking out as he gets tossed around like lettuce in a salad spinner.
He started out in this....
...and then saw this.
On his second climb up this monstrosity, he missed a wrung on the ladder, fell down a few, then looked back at me, screaming, as he bump-bump-bumped down about 15 feet, face-planting all the way. He ran to me, tears streaming down his face, and sobbed, "Try again! I try again!"
I could hardly believe it. My kid, whose favorite phrase of late is, "I caaaaaan't," in response to every task from opening a baggie to taking off his shoes, turned greatly brave. Face red and still wet, he initiated a careful climb back up the airy skyscraper, and careened down.
He put himself back together, stood up, shook his little fists in the air, and shouted, "I DIIIIIIID IT!!!!"
I have a lot to learn from this kid.
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