Bounce House and Halloween Costumes

I was on Facebook and got sucked into a repetitive ad for America's Biggest Bounce House in Phoenix this past weekend. It looked like fun, so I was sold and purchased two tickets for Max and I to attend on Sunday morning. Andy didn't want to go since it was during the Packer game, so I turned it into a Max and Mommy day. I really had no idea what to expect. We had an hour timeframe that we were slotted for.  When I arrived I couldn't have been more happy about the weather. It was 67 degrees out (very odd for October) and cloudy. It rained all night long and looked like it could continue to rain that morning, but the rain held off throughout our time slot. I was super thankful for the cool weather because that bounce house could have heated up pretty fast if it was warm out.

The bounce house was HUGE. I really had no idea what to expect, but it sure was BIG! We had one hour and I was worried that wasn't enough time, but I was wrong. We were only in there for 15 minutes and I was already exhausted...and I workout, but this was a different kind of workout. Max was supercharged and ready to rock. I had to find my strength and keep up with him.
















There was a DJ in the middle of the bounce house and he played Kids Bop music and shot out bubbles and foam throughout. The DJ played one of Max's favorite songs - Shake it Off by T. Swift. We got out there and shook our butts together.






There was so much laughter during that hour that it was worth the pain my body felt the next day when I woke up. I could barely move all day long, but Max's laughter was worth every ache and pain my old body felt.




























On Sunday afternoon I took Max on our annual shopping trip for a Halloween costume. On our way he knew exactly what he wanted to be. I kept telling him to have an open mind because the store has a lot of costumes and he just might change his mind once we get there. He had fun trying on costumes and laughing at himself in the mirror. Here are some pics of him trying on costumes.




He did settle on a costume, but it's not the one he went into the store for. I have managed to turn it into a family costume too...something Andy is super excited about!

Birthday Party And Friends

Sweet Mona turned 4 and had a circus themed birthday party at no other than the Circus School of Arizona. How cool is that? Max was pretty excited to go and learn some tricks. They had these kids do the tight rope walk, silks and of course moves on the ring among other things.












Max had so much fun with his friends and was pretty tired afterward as you can see by him clowning around on the way home.


That night Max had his friends over for dinner, s'mores and playing while their parents went out to dinner. In the morning Max asked if he could have a sleepover next time so him and his friends can have pancakes in the morning. Ugh...we will see, but I am sure we can arrange that.

Soccer and Chuck E Cheese

Max had his first soccer game of the season on Saturday morning. I was thankful it was at 8am because it was pretty warm out already. Max didn't score a goal, but he worked very hard and we are very proud of him.










Look at that last picture. Max looks so big and grown up. Where's my baby?

On Saturday night I had the idea of taking Max to Chuck E Cheese for dinner. Even though it was my idea, we were not thrilled to go because that place is a nightmare if you are not a child. I still wanted to go though because every child needs to experience Chuck E Cheese. The place has definitely changed since we were kids. There is no more robotic mouse and band to play music on stage. Instead there is a TV that is kind of lame, but Max enjoyed it very much. The food was only OK, but it was more fun just to see the joy on Max's face. He had so much fun! That made going there so worth it.








Max had so much fun that he requested we go to dinner there every Saturday night because he liked getting tickets for prizes. Uhm...that's a no!

Weekend Update

We kept ourselves busy this weekend. We started on Friday night with the local high school football game. It was something to do and easy since we can walk to the game from our house. Max's favorite part was when the football players ran out through the inflatable helmet.




On Saturday morning Max had a birthday party for a classmate. He was super excited for the party since it was held at Ultimate Jungle. It was super cute watching Max play with his school friends and he was definitely exhausted after the party.






On Saturday night we went to watch the Badger game at our friend's house (Iowa fans) since we were playing against Iowa. It's a good thing we won so Andy didn't lose his mind.


We had a lazy Sunday, but did get some swimming in. I am not sure how many more weekends we (I mean me) will be able to swim since the water has definitely cooled off a bit. Max didn't mind though. He just loves to swim!

Soccer Fall Season

This week Max started soccer again. He was really looking forward to seeing Coach Bryan again and most of the same kids are on his team again. Practice set for Thursdays and games again every Saturday morning for the next 8 weeks.

Max's feet grew since spring so we had to get him new cleats and it was kind of crazy to see how excited he was when they arrived. This boy is ready for soccer season!

Get ready for weekly soccer posts on how his game day was!

Campers

We had nothing going on last weekend so we decided to reserve a campsite and take the camper out again. It was just us this past weekend and it was pretty relaxing since it's past Labor Day the campground was pretty much empty.

I did get a picture of the new camper this time.


Wild horses came really close to our campsite and that was pretty neat to see.


Even though we escaped the Phoenix heat it was still pretty warm all weekend. It was about 80 degrees and apparently it got down to 50 at night, but I'm not so sure about that. I was not cold at all. In fact, I was almost too warm all weekend.


On Saturday morning Andy took Max fishing while I stayed back at camp with the dogs. They also saw wild horses getting water at the lake. Max thought this was pretty cool.




Of course we had to take the TV so Andy wouldn't miss the Badger game.


Building Legos in the woods.


Having s'mores at night.




We had a lot of fun this past weekend and I'm really glad we bought the camper. I really don't mind going camping at all. Plus, it was pretty easy to pack food and clothes for the weekend since everything else was already packed in the camper. Until next time!