Margot Reveling In Easter Color
Today was quite a day. We celebrated Griffin's birthday today, with a party at a local fun-spot called "pump it up." Like many people, I don't really love the kid-party-businesses, but this one really worked well for us. There were no games that separated the kids out into isolated activities. Instead there were giant obstacle courses and slides and bouncy castles. The business is as crazed about hygiene as I would be if I owned it. Unlike a 'play place' where we are guaranteed a case of diarrhea or an upper respiratory tract infection, Pump It Up starts the party out in one room and then half way through, moves the party to a second room which has just been cleaned with clorox. The first room is then cleaned for the next group. Then everybody purells before leaving the second room to go get pizza and cake and open presents. It was fun, kept the kids interacting while doing something active and actually took safety and hygiene into consideration. The party flowed flawlessly and because the staff took care of enforcing the rules and moving things along, I got to play with the kids and have conversations with the other parents. 23 kids. No clean up. I'm a huge fan.
Then we came home and prepared for the Easter celebrations tomorrow. Enucleated some eggs (I just can't bring myself to say that we 'blew' the eggs), colored them in swirling patterns, filled plastic eggs with candy and then went out to dinner with grandma and grandpa who are visiting from Wisconsin. Finally, home and to bed.
This photo is of Margot, who is making swirls in the oil and color mixtures by blowing on them. I couldn't resist.
Happy Easter to everybody!
~Jess
Margot Reveling In Easter Color
Today was quite a day. We celebrated Griffin's birthday today, with a party at a local fun-spot called "pump it up." Like many people, I don't really love the kid-party-businesses, but this one really worked well for us. There were no games that separated the kids out into isolated activities. Instead there were giant obstacle courses and slides and bouncy castles. The business is as crazed about hygiene as I would be if I owned it. Unlike a 'play place' where we are guaranteed a case of diarrhea or an upper respiratory tract infection, Pump It Up starts the party out in one room and then half way through, moves the party to a second room which has just been cleaned with clorox. The first room is then cleaned for the next group. Then everybody purells before leaving the second room to go get pizza and cake and open presents. It was fun, kept the kids interacting while doing something active and actually took safety and hygiene into consideration. The party flowed flawlessly and because the staff took care of enforcing the rules and moving things along, I got to play with the kids and have conversations with the other parents. 23 kids. No clean up. I'm a huge fan.
Then we came home and prepared for the Easter celebrations tomorrow. Enucleated some eggs (I just can't bring myself to say that we 'blew' the eggs), colored them in swirling patterns, filled plastic eggs with candy and then went out to dinner with grandma and grandpa who are visiting from Wisconsin. Finally, home and to bed.
This photo is of Margot, who is making swirls in the oil and color mixtures by blowing on them. I couldn't resist.
Happy Easter to everybody!
~Jess