That was the word of the day today, because Chase and I went with Rachel (and the 3 kids she’s watching for the weekend) to “Jumpin’ Jacks,” a dirty yet fun place near our local Wal Mart. I have been looking for some place like this for a while now for our energetic child, because these dreary winter days are not very conducive to playing outside (unless you love to be freezing cold). Since both the mall play areas are currently non-existent, we have been wondering how to let all Chase’s energy out– always a big task. But I think we succeeded today, because he was exhausted after two hours at this place full of inflatable slides and bouncy toys!
Overall, I had a good time bouncing around with him. I wasn’t very happy those two times when some rowdy kids trampled little Chase, but we “bounced back” quickly (haha). I also had to try to ignore the yuckiness of all the jumpy toys, especially after I saw a loogie on something we were climbing– yeesh! Chase was afraid to go on the medium-sized slides at first, but then all of a sudden, in a burst of courage, he informed me that we were going to slide. So we went on the medium slides twice!
The cost to get into this place was reasonable; I think it was 5 bucks per person, and I had coupons per usual, so it was 6 bucks for the two of us! Hooray. Now let’s cross our fingers and hope we don’t catch any of the sicknesses that may have been lurking in this place. Check out McVideos sometime in the near future to see if we’ve posted the exciting “jumpy videos!”
