This weekend was my niece Sydney's 4th birthday.
Isn't she cute? For the occasion, Steve and I, along with his mom, drove down to Corpus Christi so we could attend her birthday party. When we got there Friday, as usual, the girls (Sydney has an older sister named Emily) were acting very shy and did not speak to us much. I hate that we don't see them much because it always takes a day or so for them to open up to us. Saturday, while we were preparing the house for the party they came around. Sydney was really excited about her party and kept asking me when the Tumblebus would get there. I kept asking the girls what the Tumblebus was because I could not fathom what it could possibly be. I couldn't imagine a school bus holding gymnastic equipment and have enough room for kids to use the equipment. A few kids started showing up and finally the bus arrived. The party was on. The kids ran inside and I followed so I could check this thing out. Turns out it is perfect for kids 3-6 years old. They started on the right hand side of the bus. They would flip on the rings then run to the wall and climb up it. On the other side of the wall was a trampoline for them to jump on then the would cross to the left side of the bus where they would swing from bar to bar on the monkey bars and then slide down the slide. Once they did the slide they had their choice of hopscotch or a balance beam and then it would start all over again. I was amazed.
Isn't she cute? For the occasion, Steve and I, along with his mom, drove down to Corpus Christi so we could attend her birthday party. When we got there Friday, as usual, the girls (Sydney has an older sister named Emily) were acting very shy and did not speak to us much. I hate that we don't see them much because it always takes a day or so for them to open up to us. Saturday, while we were preparing the house for the party they came around. Sydney was really excited about her party and kept asking me when the Tumblebus would get there. I kept asking the girls what the Tumblebus was because I could not fathom what it could possibly be. I couldn't imagine a school bus holding gymnastic equipment and have enough room for kids to use the equipment. A few kids started showing up and finally the bus arrived. The party was on. The kids ran inside and I followed so I could check this thing out. Turns out it is perfect for kids 3-6 years old. They started on the right hand side of the bus. They would flip on the rings then run to the wall and climb up it. On the other side of the wall was a trampoline for them to jump on then the would cross to the left side of the bus where they would swing from bar to bar on the monkey bars and then slide down the slide. Once they did the slide they had their choice of hopscotch or a balance beam and then it would start all over again. I was amazed.
The party lasted 2 hours but the bus was only there for an hour. The people that owned it live across the street from my sister-in-law and said that once they were down with their other party they would bring it back and park it in their driveway. Once it was back our nieces and the neighborhood kids played in that thing until the sun went down. Sydney didn't even care about any of her presents! That night we just hung out.
The next morning the girls were a little cranky from having such an eventful day Saturday so it was back to not really talking to us. As we were leaving we were trying to get hugs from them. Emily hugged us without much of a fight but Syd wasn't giving Steve or his mom one for anything. When I walked over to where she lying on the couch and bent down she reached up and grabbed me around the neck and squeezed. That's my girl!! She totally made my weekend with that hug.
