Our Busy Friday.

So here is how I spent my last day off. (Not counting today, Sunday.Though by the time I finish this it might technically be Monday. I got a nap today so sleeping is out of the question at this particular moment.) We started out the day with a Primary activity at the church. It was a birthday party for the whole primary. We stayed outside the whole time, and luckily the weather was very cooperative. The kids and leaders all had a blast!

What kid doesn't like bubbles? Chelsea is hanging out here with her favorite Nursery buddy, Enoch. They also had a good time tossing bean bags, playing croquet, and, of course, jumping in the bouncy castle!

Chelsea is not quite old enough to be in Primary, but we brought her along and Daddy was very accommodating in keeping his eyes on her. While the bigger kids were having bubble gum bubble blowing contests and gunny sack races and water balloon tosses, Chelsea got to hang out with Daddy and do some extra jumping. They are talking to each other at this point. I thought it was a cute moment, despite the lack of cheesy grins.

Surprisingly, our shy little Chelsea chose a seat amongst all the other kids, who decided they'd like to sit on this table for whatever reason. Oh well. What did she want to eat? Chips and cupcakes of course. Forget the hotdog when there is sweet stuff! She was very good about keeping the area clean and throwing every bit of trash into the trash can for all of us.

After the Primary activity, we headed over to G. Heit's to drop off Chelsea. We chatted for a bit and whisked off to the mall to see Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince! I liked it. I knew of some of the "additional" scenes that weren't in the book, so I wasn't caught off guard. I'm a big Harry Potter fan and the book far outweighs the movie, but I still enjoyed it a lot.

Next on the docket was dinner with the Vande Hoef family and the Pre Air Show with the Vande Hoefs and Hyzers. Chelsea LOVED the Vande Hoef's place. They had all sorts of things to play with and a big back yard and a park right out back also. And dogs! She was thrilled and terrified at the same time of those dogs. They were fun to look at but if they got too close she was climbing into our arms but quick! For dinner we had grilled pork chops, pototoes, asparagus, and watermelon. Mmmmm mmmm it was good! Chelsea of course ate a banana and peanut butter bread. Figures.

Ooh baby! More jumping! Yay for trampolines. I always loved jumping on tramplines myself. Nowadays I'm happy to have them wear out my child for me. :)

Oh such fun! Chelsea claims to like trampolines better than the jumpy castles. I don't know if that's just because she was on the tramp most recently or if she really likes them better. Eh. Who knows?

When we got to the air show, the parachuters were on their way down.

Chelsea and Zoey are watching the parachuters on their downward path. They were all on target when they landed. Very impressive.

An F-16 or sometype plane flew by unexpectedly. It was LOUD. None of us knew it was coming. Poor Chelsea was really caught off guard. She had been digging in her stroller for something. When the plane flew over, she just turned around slowly with a horrified expression. No tears, but we did become cuddle buddies for most of the rest of the show.

Daddy made a great cuddle buddy, too. She tried to get to Daddy's lap a couple times, but just as she was about to make her move another plane would go by and she stayed rooted to my lap for another couple minutes. Poor girl was scared, but she took it well.

After the planes were done flying we were allowed to look around at the planes on display. Daddy pointed out one that was like the noisy plane. So Chelsea put her head down and covered her ears again. Poor traumatized girl, hehe.

Can you tell that it's past bedtime by this point?

Here is the plane that Chelsea gets to sit in.

Did I mention it was the engine that she got to sit in? She looked nervous and like she didn't want to get out of her stroller, but the instant she was placed on the plane, her face lit up! She loved it! I was surprised because she didnt' seem overly impressed by the whole experience. Kids'll surprise ya sometimes.

It was a very busy, but very fun day. It was nice to take a day and just play. I wish all my days off were this fun! Chelsea has been requesting to go to Zoey's house all day. She obviously loved it!