Pump It!

This past Wednesday, we had a play date that we were very much looking forward to. Libby, whose blog I love and adore (and whose friendship I treasure!) and a new friend Lindsey were meeting us at Pump It Up with their boys. Libby and her son, Noah, had recently discovered this awesome place and invited us all to go. Even better, they had just found out that kiddos under two are free!

Ian was soooooooooooooooo excited to get out of the house. He had been going through cousin withdrawal after coming back from Colorado and being the only child again, so he was happy to have his little friends to play with. We had so much fun watching them run around and use up some of that extra toddler energy! Ian was a little scared of the place at first, but warmed up to it fairly quickly.

Libby, being the totally sweet and awesome person she is, sent me several of her pictures that she took. Of course I had taken some, but her photography and photo-editing skills are way beyond mine and she was sweet enough to share her great pictures with me. You'll be able to tell hers from mine by the quality!

The whole gang in the big round jumping arena. From left to right: Laura and Ian (14 months), Lindsey and AJ (22 months), and Libby and Noah (22 months).

Ready for some close-ups of each of our cutie-pies? Libby, with her amazing camera, managed to get this cute one of Ian actually sitting down for half a second!

Noah, the sweetest, most kind-hearted boy you will ever meet!

And AJ - he has such a wonderful disposition! Always attentive and smiling!

The kids had a great time checking out their jumping options. Each of the bounce houses had crawl holes to get into. I couldn't believe the adults had to fit through such small holes, but we managed to follow our little monkeys through. AJ had a great time crawling in and out of the bounce houses!

And he was the friendliest policeman you could ever hope to meet!

And Mr. Noah, well, let's just say the NBA needs to hold a spot for this talented guy!

Busy boy! Having already been to Pump It Up once, he was an old pro and did a great job showing the other two around.

It wasn't long before we found out that AJ was a little mountain goat too. He climbed this super steep ladder up to the slide with very little help!

Weren't those great pictures?! Libby does an awesome job. Here's one last little teaser. She put together this collage. You can click here to see what she said about these adorable policemen and to see more of her great photos.

Here's a few more photos that I took. I love this one of Noah. He is such a relaxed, laid-back guy. You can tell he isn't phased by much!

Policemen Noah and Ian comparing notes and planning a donut run!

Sweet Momma and baby! We just met Lindsey and AJ this last week when we visited Libby's church for the first time. We were glad to get to know them (and glad to finally get to church with Libby...we've been wanting to for a very long time!!).

AJ was all about the action! He wanted to play with the big bumper bar with the big boys.

Ian never really did get to the point where he loved the big slides or bounce houses, but he had a blast running around! It was so hard getting a picture of him - he was a big blur most of the time!

Whew! All that hard play made for some very thirsty boys! Ian was very happy to introduce Noah and AJ to the wonders of a Capri Sun.

Noah and AJ - we had so much fun. Thanks for coming out to play with us! (And a special thanks to their wonderful Mommies for bringing them!) We'll have to do it again soon!

P.S. I have a video of more pictures halfway done, so check back soon to see it!