We had bounce house parties both days this weekend.  Yesterday was a block party to say goodbye to one of our neighbors.  The neighbor’s son is one of Logan’s best buddies on the street, so he was quite excited to attend.  By the time Connor and I woke up from nap, Logan and Stuart had already left the house.  According to Stuart, Logan took a little bit of convincing before he started enjoying jumping in the bounce house.  When we arrived to the party ourselves, Connor was not ready to play yet so he asked for me to find him a snack there first. After that and the rest of the afternoon, both Logan and Connor had a blast playing inside the bounce house along with other kids.  I crawled inside to be with them a majority of the time so I could keep an eye on Connor.  He enjoyed bouncing and then flopping down on the surface.  I was worried that he would get stepped on by older kids which unfortunately did happen once, ending up with a big cry but no major hurt.  Beside the bounce house, the neighbors also rented a huge water slide which was a big hit for the older kids.  Logan was interested to watch the action there, but was not interested to go try.  The slide was very steep with a pool of water on the bottom which we did not think Logan could handle anyway, so we never pushed him to try it.  For hours of the rest of the afternoon, we sat, talked, ate and played.  It was a fun party.

    Today was a birthday party for Logan’s schoolmate Justin, so I decided to go with Logan alone.  It was held at their huge house with a beautiful backyard.  They also rented a bouncy/slide house.  Logan needed a little bit of warming up time when we first arrived, so he asked the parents to let him go inside the house.  We were taken to the playroom; Logan and I played a toy for a little bit before returning to the backyard.  By then, Logan was ready to join his friends in the bouncy house.  He was not as aggressive as the other kids and it took him a little bit learning how to climb up to the top of the slide.  Once I ensured that Logan was doing fine, I joined the rest of the parents for a relaxing time.  All the kids became independently playing without the parents, and they eventually migrated inside the house to play with their toys and Justin’s birthday presents.  The parents and I had a great time talking, eating and drinking while occasionally checking on the kids.  Logan played well with all of his friends, and every time I checked on him, he and his best bud Rohan were staying together.  Logan enjoyed it so much that he even declined to eat cake, but he agreed to take a break from playing to sing birthday song to Justin.  After many hours, the parents finally decided that it was time to break up the kids to go home.  Fortunately, all the kids were good and said their thanks and goodbyes.

     Stuart and Connor had a good time together too while we were gone.  They went to the park, then picked up some groceries and had lunch.  Connor took an 2.5 hours nap, and was very happy to see Logan and me when he woke up.