Seis De Mayo

This weekend our neighborhood and friends decided to have a Seis De Mayo Party! It was great, there was over thirty kids, three bouncy machines, balloons, bubbles and chalk. the kids were entertained for hours. Samuel had such a great night that he was still exhausted today. It has been a few months since Sam has taken two naps but today he fell asleep in the car at 9:30 am and even when we got him out and went into the store he still didn't wake up, this little guy was pooped.

Samuel drew lots of scribbles with the chalk, dipped the bubbles for the older kids to blow and then he would chase them to try and pop them before they hit the ground. Each time the kids blew the bubbles Sam would giggle harder and louder and then if he actually got to the bubble before it popped he would get a big grin mentally thinking "I did it!"
But 80% of Sam's time was spent in the bouncies. There was a smaller bouncy for kids 4 and under, a huge bouncy for the bigger kids, and then a slide. We put Samuel in the little bouncy and he would crawl out after only a minute or two. We tried this a couple of times with no success, but every time he crawled out he would go and stand infront of the big bouncy. The big bouncy had a slide for kids to come down after they got out so we thought we would try that and he did like it but it wasn't enough. Samuel wanted more and so when there was only two other kids in the big bouncy we put him in there, and to say he LOVED it would be an understatement. At first he would just sit on the side and giggle as he got bounced around by the other two kids, but then more kids came and Sam decided to be more adventurous. I was a little nervous, but at the same time loved to see him smiling from ear to ear. Kids were bumping into him, knocking

him down, jumping over him, rolling on him and NEVER did he get upset, bite, or do anything but smile and giggle. This was a great night. Sam loves to do what the big kids are doing. At the end of the night we actually had to have one of the older kids pick Sam up and bring him to us because he wouldn't get out of the bounce house!

It was a great night for Sam and for Ben and I. We really have loved the neighborhood we have moved into and think this is a great place for Samuel to grow up.

Happy Mother's day to everyone. It was a near perfect day, but wish Ben's mother and my mother could have been here to join us. I asked Ben for a very low key day and I got exactly that. I had breakfast made for me after I got to sleep in, Samuel made me a potted plant with flowers (Ben told me he also ate some of the dirt) and then we went to the park, played golf in the yard and enjoyed a simple day just the 3 of us! Samuel did decide to walk down stairs today without holding onto the spindles (only 2 of them) over and over for the first time, so cute.

Samuel loves his pups especially Homer because he doesn't run away when Sam hugs him

Sam can't get enough of playing in the car these days, he tries to drive and honks the horn every 5 seconds. Were waiting for the neighbors to come over and tell us to keep it down.