June 21 The rest of the day ...

Tuesday afternoon:  These are Aidan's tiny Squishmallows. He took them with him today when he left his house with Miss Jen to go over to Reed's Lake to watch Brendan's sailing lesson. I could see them on the window ledge of Miss Jen's car while we were waiting for Brendan's lesson to end. Aidan told me all about them! He brought them with the intent to meet MY Squishmallow over at MY house! Well, okay then.

So ... that's what we did!

Aidan is really good at photobombing my pictures ... he is a stinker.

Little Erin wandered around playing with the toys here and was very content. Brendan too. I don't have to entertain these little kids at all. They are very busy and quite content to just ... play. That is a blessing to me.

We showed Brendan the "Duck Song" 1 - 3 and he really enjoyed them--I knew he would! By about 3:30, we got ready to go over to Kaity's and capture her to take her to Altitude to play. This has been our habit for the last few weeks. 

Erin and Aidan had a battle, which I think no one won! They both fell in the pit at exactly the same time!

Whoever "invented" this place did a good thing! It's wonderful for the children to be able to run and play like this. It's perfectly air conditioned inside, and the risks for injury are pretty low--if you obey the rules, that is.

Erin has gotten really fast at running up this incline at the dodge ball area. The first week we were here, she kept sliding back down and cracking herself up. Now, she just runs up and down like a pro!

Kaity and Brendan waiting for their turns on the trapeeze!

And here goes BRENDAN!

Aidan kept a close eye on his brother and cousin while they were flying through the air on the trapeze ... he could not be convinced to do it himself; nor was he interested in just jumping off the platform like he did once upon a time.

Aidan really LOVES the foam cube pits--there are two of them. He buries himself in foam with great delight.

Aren't Aidan and Erin the cutest together?

ALTITUDE is a HUGE place ... something like 32,000 square feet! WOW.

Kaity learns another trick or two every week we are here. Today, she was doing front flips--first jumping on the trampoline, doing an in-air summersault and trying to land on her feet; which I think she finally accomplished. I've seen kids do back flips--but Kaity worries that she might break her neck if she tried. I like your caution, Kaity!

We drove Kaity back to her house by exactly 5:30 and then everyone else by 6:00. When we arrived, Miss Madelyn was outside with little Cal. When I was getting out of my car, she told me "We have a situation." I wasn't sure what to expect, but was glad it wasn't anything more serious than being locked out of Dylan and Kelly's. Evidently Miss Jen is so used to locking up the house that when Madelyn picked Cal up from her today and drove to the house, she found it all locked up tight. Miss Jen drove right over to unlock the doors and let everyone inside. So we waited in their yard until Miss Jen showed up. The only negative being the extreme heat--but the kids all did well and Madelyn was as cool as a cucumber about the whole thing!