Fun Times

by Amy

Once or twice a year there's this huge inflatable play area that is set up in our town. It's tons of fun! They have moonwalks, mazes, slides, castles, giant lions, and tons of other things! It's really great! Last weekend we went to check it out, but did not have time to buy tickets and let the kids play. So, we decided today would be the day.... But we didn't go alone!

I have a couple of American friends that also live here; both are named Rachel. One Rachel gave birth to her third baby just over a week ago. So, "the other Rachel" and I decided to pick up her older girls and spend the day enjoying this rockin' play area! Roll Call Please.... We had Savannah, age 5; Alex and Peter, 3; Emma, 3; Clara Anne, 3; Samantha, 1; and Chloe, 1. Yes, Rachel and I had SEVEN kids, ages 5 and under. It was a little crazy, but we picked a great day to be there as it was fairly cool outside, and most people were at work and school. It wasn't too busy at all!

Here are a few pics that capture the day....

The Big Girls

This was Peter and Savannah's favorite thing to play on. They spent a good 30 min. in that middle section being pulled back and forth. While they were playing Alex was begging food off of the grandmas. He ate cucumber, watermelon, and cherry tomatoes.

We ended the two full hours outside with a major game of Duck-Duck-Goose, orchestrated by Aunt Rachel. A few of the younger kids were a little lost, but the older ones had a blast.

The game ended as everyone tackled Aunt Rachel! She was "impressed" with the Morellos' tackling skills -- Daddy has trained them well!

Here's the whole gang, minus Samantha. She was hot and tired -- definitely not up for a photo shoot! The others look a little tired as well....

So, after we played, we walked down to the KFC. Rachel handled washing hands while I ordered the food, including 8 boxes of nuggets, 6 corns on a cob (or corn on a cobs -- how do you make that plural?) They kids did remarkable well -- all stayed seated, didn't spill their drinks, and only dropped 3 nuggets on the floor (3/48 -- not bad!). I'm not sure if you've ever had the ice cream at KFC, but it doesn't not even begin to compare to McD's ice cream. In my opinion, it's not even worth eating.... So, we decided to head into the grocery store near by and buy some rockin' ice bars. We had 2 carts full of kids (only 2 wanted to walk); we marched in, bought 10 ice cream bars (2 bags of 5), 2 bags of wet wipes, (and about 12 boxes of cereal that I found on sale...) As we were exiting the shopping area, we found 7 little stools and set the kids up.... They were a mess, but it was fun!

So, that about sums up our fun day playing on the inflatables. Rachel and I commented on how thankful we were with how well the day went. Being out numbered 7-2 wasn't as hard as we thought!