Bouncy House

Last night we went to the dreaded but fun Toys 'r Us to get a bouncy house for Bowie. I've always had a hard time picturing the kind of people that buy bouncy houses. It seemed so extravagant. But after paying more than $100 to rent one, we decided that as much as Bowie loved to jump, this would be a far from extravagant but rather practical purchase. We had our eye on a specific bouncy house with two slides and the websites all said that they were out of stock. So I made the calls and found ours.

We set it up in the front yard twice today! Once after returning from a fun playdate at Mayfield Park. We walked down to our neighbors house and invited them to play. Then again after Chris got home from work. There was an attempt at a family stroll but that didn't go so well, you can ask the young woman on whom's curb I sat, craddling my hysterical son pleading to return to Toys 'r Us to get a bigger sword who was clad only in striped training underwear and a scabard. And yes, we did buy the boy a sword and he has had it in his hand at every opportunity. More about this later...