Monkey Joe's

Now I've been taking Jake to these inflatable places for a couple of months now trying to scope out the best ones. Turns out I have to go to Georgia for the cleanest and best one yet. They even have a rest area for the parent with recliners, a giant flat screen and ports for your laptop. Needless to say the kids, all of them, had a blast and fell asleep on the way back to Blairsville.
Madison and Jake were having a wrestling match with a helpless giraffe. Then Jake proceeded to drink all of one of the other kids drinks. If you look at the video you can get a sense of the size of these slides compared to the kids.

Vacation to Georgia

Mike took these pictures of Jake and the tractor. Said "his eyes got so big when he saw that thing and he did not want to get off of it." Anything that has a steering wheel he wants to drive. He loved to walk around and look at all the different country stuff. On the way there however all he wanted was out of his car seat. He slept maybe two hours the whole way there and keep in mind we drive overnight. That was not a fun part of the vacation. But then again the driving never is.

These other pictures are from the Cabbage Patch Hospital. He kept going back to the miniature town set up with a train, a lake and a waterfall. After that he kept going back to the school lunchroom. He kept trying to eat the fake pizza from one of the Cabbage Patch kids trays. Turns out he was starving since he hadn't had much for breakfast. Anyway, the trip was fun for him and not for me. Luckily we went to lunch after this.

Happy Birthday Tara

We took a lot video but this one is my favorite. I hope everyone else thinks it's cute too.

Re: Just for Tara

Correction
For those of you who have seen the 'Just for Tara' video. After going back and watching and listening a couple of times I think Jake really did say "miss you" like Mike thought. Tough to tell but he didn't say "my turn" until cued by me. Sorry Tara. Jake is getting much better at saying your name. He points to pictures and names Tara, Kristi, Mommy and of course Daddy most of all.

Things that go bump and jump

While we had central air and heat installed at the house I had to find places to take Jake to keep him occupied for about a week. This is a place called 'Fiddlesticks.' It's an indoor playground. They even have a couple of rooms divided by half walls; one is an art room where the kids can color with chalk on walls or color at tables or even paint and the other room is like a sand box. It was filled with what I think was refined plastic from old tires. Mike said "Why do you guys smell like plastic?" when we got home. They had a boat in there and dinasaur fossils you could dig up and even child size working excavators. The rest of the place was open with all kinds of stuff. Playhouses, musical instruments, the same clubhouse we have in our backyard, tools, dolls, etc. We can bring our own food and eat in the designated areas. And of course the ride in the video. All of this in the AIR CONDITIONING. I know the ride doesn't look like much but the little ones just love it.

San Antonio Children's Museum

Here we are at the Children's Museum of San Antonio. We bought the yearly membership and it has paid off. Jake loves this place. On the top floor they have a miniature airport with a plane and all. The kids can play pilot to ticket agent to baggage handler. On the main level is the bubble room which we usually need a change of clothes for and the basement level is revolving. Last season they had a 'Jump to Japan' exhibit and the new one has something to do with trains. I'm taking Jake tomorrow so we'll have to update the blog again soon.

The Big Slide

This video was taken at 'Inflatable Wonderland' in The Rolling Oaks Mall. Jake is jumping in the stairwell and the slides are on either side. They have about 15 different inflatables. Some had slides, some had obstacle courses. Lots and lots of benches for the parents to sit on because we aren't allowed on the inflatables. They also have a mini movie theater with a pretty big screen and some arcade games. He had such a good time and was very mad at me for taking him out. Not for long though. We started driving for about 30 seconds when I looked in the rearview mirror and watched him pass out. He was sooo tired. Mike cannot wait to take him. I think it's because he wants to sneak onto the rides.