Sunday, April 21, 2013

Jumping!

Jumping has become somewhat of a problem lately, especially jumping on the couches in the living room.  The deed was done and punishment has been handed out -- repeatedly.  So I went online trying to figure out what to do about repeated offences such as this.  I found someone's suggestion of "if you can't beat 'em, join 'em" idea of "get a trampoline".  I looked on Craigslist and found a few small trampolines.  I mentioned the idea to Tony.  He went on Craigslist and found one specifically for little kids.

Today after church the Children's Ministry had Family Fun Day.  For the little kids like ours they had a couple of inflatables this time, as well as trikes, balls, etc. for them to play with.  This was Dawson's first time in any kind of inflatable so I tried to get a couple pictures of him having fun.  He sure had a lot of fun!

After church we went out to see and possibly purchase the little trampoline that Tony found on Craigslist.  He did go ahead and purchase it (it was bought new by this family last November so it's still under a year old!) and we brought it home.  Tony and Meighan and I put it together and Meighan got to try it out first.  After Dawson's nap he got to be in it by himself for a little while.  Then they were both in it together.  I think I'm going to have to set a time limit each time they go in for jumping.  Judging by the smiles, I think it was a good purchase!  Hopefully this will allow them to burn off some energy and keep them from jumping on the couches!

He kept sliding out on the entry/exit ramp.
 
We had to keep pushing him back up and in.
 
I think he liked it!
 
He also rode around on a princess car :-}
 
Meighan and Daddy putting the trampoline together.
 
She had to have her goggles on while she was building.
 
 
 
 
 
First jumper!
 
 
He does pretty good when he's the only one in there!  When Meighan was in there, too, he'd fall more but he was laughing the whole time!
 


Sunday, April 7, 2013

Meighan's 4th Gotcha Day!

I can't believe it's already been 4 years since we met Meighan!  It seems like she's been in our lives longer than that!  She is almost done with her Pre-K year of school and will start Kindergarten in August!  Wow!

Today we went to church and then came home and ate a quick lunch.  She wanted to go to the Omaha Children's Museum for her Gotcha Day activity.  Tony didn't want to watch Dawson there so they stayed home while we went.  I swear, I think Meighan could go down slides all day if she had the opportunity!  There were several slides there and she'd just go down and run back up and slide down again -- over and over and over....!  Currently (and for the next week--the last week of it) there is an exhibit there called "Itty Bitty City".  It's basically a mini version of Omaha.  Among the areas/sponsors there is a police car to sit in, WOWT weather green screen and you can see yourself on TV, Mutual of Omaha Wild Kingdom area, Security National Bank, eco-friendly home (playhouse), play restaurant, mini Borsheim's jewelry, MUD area, airport, Werner Enterprises mini semi truck, fire station, an ambulance, a city bus, an animal hospital, and other areas I'm probably missing.  She also spent lots of time in the gravity area where the balls fall every once in a while.  We also attended a science demonstration on gravity and air pressure.

Here's pictures of her enjoying her time there.

Of course, she had to ride the reindeer on the carousel first!
 
Big smile after sliding!
 
She got to take care of some animals in the animal hospital.
 
Talking to headquarters or dispatch in the police car.
 
Playing in the playhouse.
 
A mini tornado
 
Putting balls in the Super Gravitron!
 
And all the balls fall out every so often!
 
More sliding!
 
And more!
 
And MORE!
 
They even had old pedal cars.  She couldn't get the pedals to work well and the steering was nearly impossible and the other kids kept bumping into her back so she switched to a tricycle.
 
Teeter totter airplane.  Kinda cool!
 
 
 
HAPPY GOTCHA DAY, MEIGHAN!

Saturday, April 6, 2013