Little Ninja

Today, I decided to forgo any more packing for the afternoon, and take the boys to Extreme Bounce.  We were the only people in the whole place for an hour!  So, you can well imagine 2 little boys in a bounce house playland, with 7 different inflatable slides and houses to play in...all to themselves.  They were in heaven!

Aaron would come over and say "Help me, Mom!" grab my hand and pull with all his might to get me to to help him on the big slide.  He can do everything except get up initially on the bouncer and needed me to open a space for him to climb next to a wall that was taller than him.   He can climb the 15 ft walls with stairs, weave himself over and under all the obstacles, and slide off the exits that are just a few inches shorter than he is!  We love Aaron!  He is such a spunky kid!

After 2 hours, I started asking, "should we head home? Are you tired?"
"NO!!!" and off they run to climb up another wall, turn around and yell loudly "Set, GO!" as they slide down backwards at 10 mph.  I got to play with them, slide and bounce, and read my book too, for about an hour.

They kept it up for 3 HOURS 15 MINUTES!  And would have gone longer, except that we went to the Little Ninjas class next door right then.  Timmy got to wear a real Tai Kwon Do outfit, that had pictures of "Little Ninjas" on the back, and a white belt and all.  The teachers took his class through some drills and they talked about "Control."  The class was for 3-4 year olds, and had 5 other kids that looked like Timmy replicas.  Totally cool.  He felt really comfortable.

It also seemed good for him because they had him practicing kicking and punching with both his right and left hands and legs (something he still needs to learn).

I found a note today where I scrawled his words when he was just 2 years old:
yay-yay (his special blanket)              piwow (pillow)
nee-nup (clean up)                             yaytet (blanket)
nanitashun (imagination)                     yight (light)
sun (fun)                                            meen (dream)
cacaca (crocodile)                             nanas (pajamas)
efeffa (elephant)                                sussel (puzzle)
nitent (pretend)
nana (banana)

He can say them all perfectly now, of course, and is growing up to be such a great kid.  He is such a good boy, and so affectionate and kind.  We sure love Timmy!