Happy Birthday Molly

This weekend was my niece Molly's 5th birthday. Happy birthday! On Saturday evening she had a great birthday party at Jumpits. It's a big warehouse filled with lots of big inflatable bouncies. We have a similar place near our home, but this one had more jumpies that interested Lily. Mia had a blast too which was fun to watch (and exhausting to keep up with!). Both girls had a great time running around, climbing in and out of the jumpies and bouncing all around. Of course, we all enjoyed the pizza and cake that was there too! Here are a few pictures of our evening there. Unfortunately, with everyone running around, we didn't even get one with the birthday girl, but I think Molly had a great time celebrating. Happy birthday sweet Molly!

Lily said Mia's favorite bouncy was the one with the stairs and big slide. She was right. I carried Mia up the stairs probably 3 dozen times. Sometimes we go down together and sometimes she went down by herself; it didn't matter which way - she loved it! I have to admit, I loved it too!


The girls also enjoyed the regular, square jumpy. It's similar to the one we have at home, but it's bigger. Mia did pretty well standing up and walking through here even as Lily and other kids bounced around her. She was laughing the whole time! At one point, Lily was pretty much in the middle of the bouncy and she took a big leap towards me standing by the door. She slipped when she landed, slid through the door and flipped onto the hard floor. All of the adults around gasped, and my heart stopped for a second, but she jumped up, said "I'm okay Mommy" and got right back in to keep jumping.
Mia had fun going back and forth through this tunnel. This was Lily's favorite jumpy. After the tunnel, there were inflatable columns to knock over and run through, a fence to crawl through, a wall to climb up and a steep slide to go down. There was a big frog on the top of it, so Lily kept saying "I love the frog jumpy!"

Look how much they are having!

Lily enjoyed this little slide too. There were inflatable animals to play with in here and then this slide to go down. At the top of the slide, she would jump really high and bounce down the slide.

You should have seen how red Lily's face was at the end of the party! She was worn out! Both girls spent the whole night laughing, running and just being happy; it was great to see. Lily talked about it most of the way home. On Saturday morning, one of the first things she said was "that party was so much fun!" She also loved the goodie bag Molly sent home with her. She went through it in the car; all of a sudden she said "Mommy, I forgot to tell Molly thank you for the goody bag!" I promised her we will tell Molly next time we talk to her. The girls were worn out by all the fun they had. We got home about 8:30, so Mia went straight to bed and Lily followed shortly thereafter. They slept until 9:30 Sunday morning; what a treat! I think we're going to need to visit the jumpy house near our house a little more often now!