Every June, Child SHARE has a picnic near the LA Zoo. This year, we went and I left the double stroller at home. I think we might be growing up. As I turned into the church parking lot, Jory remembered coming the year before. He remembered the firemen who left him speechless, the large but contained open spaces. He was ready to go. Upon seeing the bouncer, the baby and Rowan were raring to go.
We walked safely across the parking lot and the first stop was the bouncer. I stood near the mesh because sometimes the baby can be a bit overwhelmed, particularly when Rowan and Jory take off to parts unknown and leave her by herself, but today wasn't that day. She bounced and bounced and bounced with her Irish twin, and she continued bouncing happily after Rowan left her to explore parts unknown. Then she noticed there was more and she ventured out, out to the wall that required holding onto the rope and climbing up and over or in Jory's case running and jumping high enough in the bouncer to almost make it over the wall, though he did fall the first few tries and reminded me of that show Wipeout. With Jory's third and successful jump landing him in the next part of the bouncy maze, Layla grabbed the rope and started to climb. I wasn't sure if she would be able to do it. She neared the top and it seemed iffy, so I gave her tush a little boost and up and over she went. The next time around she handled the rope, like it was no big deal, and got herself over the wall and through the rest of the maze like no big whoop.
After the thrill of the bouncer temporarily waned it was off to explore other areas, until the face painting was discovered. And not only could they get their faces painted, but they could choose which animal they wanted painted on. TTT were in heaven. Rowan, I'll be honest, scared me a little when she wanted more and more animals on her. I wondered, is she going to be my tattoo girl because tats are whack. But I figured, she was only four and having fun and I wouldn't make a big deal of it. I let her have her fun.
The kids petted animals, including a snake. I tried to stay away from that so I wouldn't know what icky creatures they had touch, but I made sure everyone washed their hands. We had a delicious lunch, hung out with good friends, decorated cookies, then went back to the world of the bouncer. Does a party get better than face painting and a bouncer?
A good time was had by TTT and it was a great way to kick off the first weekend with true summer weather.
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