January 27 - A Jumpin' Good Time

Emma's birthday party was last weekend at the Jumpin' Jungle and the kids had an amazing time. I counted over 30 kids at the party so when I say it was a madhouse, I am not exaggerating! There were kids running around EVERYWHERE (I have yet to meet a child who doesn't love that place). Julia and Hannah played a lot together at the party and were dressed like twins (skinny jeans and purple t-shirts). Luke also discovered his love of the big slides. At first, J.D. took him in one of the jumping houses and he was very hesitant. I then took him up the slide and once we flew down it, he was hooked. I think between J.D. and I, we slid with him over twenty times. He LOVED it!! After jumping and sliding for an hour, we all chowed down on pizza, cake and ice cream. The older kids all received cute party favors (the masks were a huge hit). Luke definitely takes after his daddy and loves sweets. At one point, he wiggled out of my arms, ran up to the cake table and pointed to the cake making sounds that I understand as "I want that cake woman-give it to me!" 

In other fun news, we were at Emma's house for a playdate recently and Luke sat himself down at the little table to eat his dinner. It was beyond adorable! Occasionally he'll eat at the little table with Julia for breakfast, although I prefer the booster seat (that he is strapped into) so he doesn't get up and start playing mid-meal. As you can also see from the photo..Amelia is lying in wait for food to hit the floor (or to be thrown to her) or for Luke to leave the food unattended so she can steal it. Sneaky, sneaky, Amelia. We are on to you!

Let's see, what else is going on these days? J.D. was in Boston last week for work and his trip went great. He didn't enjoy the cold, snowy weather but I was very jealous he got to experience real winter, even if it was only for a few days! It was has been incredibly warm here recently. I'm talking mid-70's. It is nice weather for the park but it just doesn't feel very "winterish" and I'm scared that if it is already this warm in January, we'll be hitting 100 by early March. I'm heading to Gainesville next week for work and it will be great to see Jill, Hannah (and their respective kids) as well as all my Gainesville work friends.

Happy Friday everyone! And to those who read my book blog, I know I am very far behind. I have several review to do, I will try to get it done this weekend. 

Luke going down the slide (it's not the clearest photo but you can see the pure joy on his face)

Twins

Family Movie Night (every Friday night..and no, Luke does not sit there quietly-he happened to be playing with my phone for a few minutes, usually he's running around like a wild man)

Julia loves her roller skates!

  

Luke has a thing for playing inside cartons and boxes