PLAY

This morning we packed up the troops and headed to PLAY in Roswell for a little fun with great friends!  First we participated in storytime- Macie's first one (yes, I am aware she is 17 months old and yes, her big sister had been attending every storytime available from the time she could sit up on her own...poor second child. :) ).  The girls and their friends danced to music, listened to a dinosaur story, and colored beautiful works of art.  This was by no means, the main event...
 All the girls (6 to be exact) couldn't wait to get into the gym to play!!


First they jumped in the mini-ball pit! 

Then it was off to the trampoline. 

Followed by a little fun in the foam pit (and yes, the princess crown was on Mia's head the entire time!)



We spent lots of time on that big trampoline. 

 Mia enjoyed being with her friends no matter what they were doing.  Her greatest accomplishment (as she tends to be on the more timid side when it comes to trying out new things) was the gymnastics "contraption" that had been set up.  She walked up a ladder, onto a platform, slid down a slide, and finished off with a great walk on a balance beam.  At the end, as any princess would do, she bowed and sang,"Ta-Da"! 

Macie, as I should have expected, loved all the climbing, running, jumping, and fully kinestic type of play.  She ran around from place to place with a squeal in her voice and smile as big as Texas spread across her face.  The all-time highlight in her eyes had to have been the inflatable running strip.  It had ample space to run, jump, and show off her "big kid" skills, all the while interacting with her friends that joined her in the running "heats". 

After two well spent hours, some of us headed to lunch with our girlies.   It was your typical lunch with 5 children under the age of 4- chaotic, loud, messy, with moments of tears, and mothers' attempts at getting food into very tired girls' tummies.  But nonetheless time well spent together!!

All in all it was a fantastic afternoon!  M and M were not out of the restaurant parking lot before they were asleep. 

Two hours later we were at gymnastics for Mia and Mom and Macie pool time!  All this compiled into one day has got to be why there is no season like summer!