Birthday Celebration

What a day! We'd planned to celebrate Maddux and Eli's birthdays today, and what a celebration it was. To start the day, Grandpa Jim made the requested pancakes (for the second day in a row). We then headed over to Spokane to meet the rest of the gang at an outdoor aquatic center. So so cool. There was a huge water slide that could be traveled on with or without an inner tube, a 'lazy river', a smaller kids area, and many opportunities for water splashes. Eli and Maddux wanted to ride the big one right away, of course. They had to be accompanied by an adult, but we had plenty of us that were willing, so all they had to do was ask.

After about an hour we grabbed a quick lunch and got back into it. Eli and Cole were attached at the hip, going down the slide and pretty much owning the whole park, while Maddux seemed to enjoy the smaller kids area better. She could go down a smaller slide, pull water down on top of her, and feel totally independent and comfortable, all on her own. We had to cut the fun short though, because we had much more planned for the day.

A quick clothing change later we were back in the car, heading to a trampoline center. This. Place. Was. Awesome. For two hours the majority of us (Yes, us - the adults were more than welcomed.) jumped our hearts out. There were three sections: open-trampolines, dodge ball trampolines and trick trampolines. Eli had a blast trying to hang with Cole and Treis and the adults in the dodge ball games. Maddux went in too, but didn't even pretend to try...good stuff. Both kids tried their hand at the trick area. Eli did some flips while Maddux mostly stuck to cannon-ball-type jumps. I can't even say which was my favorite because they were all so much fun. And as tired as I was after just five minutes, I was very sad to see the two hours end.

We grabbed some pizza near Uncle J's house and then stopped by there to enjoy amazing dessert: chocolate souffle. A perfect ending to a perfect day!