Jump Time!

As I mentioned in a previous post, Maddux LOVES Jump Time!
It is his favorite place, and who can blame him- it's awesome! The first time we took him we were jumping in too and it was a blast, but when we went back they had a huge sign saying, NO PARENTS- boo!
When my parents sent him money in the mail he told us, "Let's go to Jump Time and give the guy my money!"

 This is his favorite- jumping off the tramp into the foam pit.

This picture is from the first night we went, he has gotten much braver and jumps clear out now :)

 He loves going with friends. This is his BF Brenna, they have so much fun together. We have went with a couple friends and cousins- it's always fun!

Brenna braving the zip line. (This is the first night when we adults we playing too- oops)

 Loves bouncing from tramp to tramp!

 Loves the slides. He does it all on his own and has even figured out a trick to help him go faster on the slides.
It is a great place to take during the winter, really great this winter especially- he only costs $3 until he turns 3 so we are trying to milk that while we can :)

My little Firefighter

 

 Maddux wearing his firefighter hat and firefighter boots

Driving the fire truck during his field trip.

Maddux and Colt

Colt and Maddux. Matching jammies on New Year's eve.

 Golfing in our back yard

These 2 cute cousins crack me up. I know they are going to be the best of friends VERY soon, but they haven't quite figured it out yet. Colty is a bit of an antagonist and Maddux can be overly sensitive so the combination leads to many battles. My FAVORITE by far is this: They were playing with the letter magnets on the fridge. They are both so smart and know their alphabet inside and out. They had a crying/screaming/meltdown fight because Maddux thought the letter was an N and Colt was sure it was a Z. :) Silly boys.

SPORTS

Well, Mike got his wish. Maddux loves sports just like his Daddy. He loves to play baseball, basketball, golf and football. He tells us baseball is his favorite.

He still hasn't decided if he is going to be a lefty or a righty as far as his fine motor skills are concerned. (I am pushing encouraging righty). He is definitely a lefty when it comes to gross motor skills (throwing, catching, kicking, swinging a bat or club)!

 Loves baseball! Absolutely has to wear his baseball player hat to play baseball. He loves that his hat is the Cincinnati Reds since red is his favorite color.

LOVES basketball. Loves to shoot hoops with Mike. Although these pictures don't show it, he usually requests to wear his Jazz shirt to play basketball.

 Loves to play football in full Bears gear

New Ride

Maddux's awesome jeep from Jim and Kels. It was Bo's and has survived 5 kids, but is still going strong. He LOVES it (as long as it is not moving). He refuses to drive it or be near if anyone is driving it, but he has tons of fun sitting in it, filling it with gas, fixing it, checking the tires, and so on.

 

 

Thanks Burrup family for the awesome ride!

Visit from the Cousins

We were lucky enough to have my sister and her family stop by for a quick visit on their way to Northern California. They were only here for 1 night so we had to make the most of it! 

We partied at Maddux's cousin's birthday party.

 The party was at Jump Time- pretty much Maddux's favorite place.

 LOVES jumping off the tramp into the foam pit!

 playing in the bounce houses

 Maddux, Hunter, Lily and Colt

 Maddux and Colt enjoying the trampolines

 Lily trying out the zip line

 Hunter loved the zip line

 Having fun in the foam pit

 Then it was back to our house where we ate and played and played. We bathed the kiddos.

 Playing with the water beads

We had tons of fun, but it wasn't nearly long enough- come back soon!!