Play Hard

This past weekend we decided to try out the bus and go north to Balbriggan. We heard there was a new indoor play world there and we thought the kids could use some time to burn some energy. It had been pretty cold and rainy the past week so we were feeling pent up. After eating breakfast and getting everyone and everything ready we set off to catch the bus. We waited and waited and waited and then we decided, after 40 minutes, that we must have missed it. So we turned around and took two very unhappy children home. At least they were unhappy until I said we should stop at the coffee shop and they got a snack and met another little boy to run around with while we drank our tea and coffee and chatted with the mum of the little boy.
Anyways, we decided to try the bus again after nap. We didn't miss the bus in the afternoon and we made it to PJ's Play World with no other problems. There was so much for them to do there. There was a toddler area with a ball bit (Nolan's favorite place), a slide and a climbing area. There was an area for bigger kids that was this huge 4 level climbing maze with swings, tunnels, big balls, secret entries, a tube slide and a giant bumpy slide, a basketball court and even mini go-karts. We stayed for almost 2 hours and by the end the kids were exhausted...mission accomplished! Isabella was very comfortable and had a lot of fun exploring every part of the play world. She even got to drive the go-kart, I sat behind her and only helped her avoid hitting other kids, otherwise she drove it all by herself! Nolan and Isabella both loved the ball pit, especially standing on the edge, counting to 3 and then jumping in together. It was fun for all of us. We have some video of the kids playing and driving but we need to finish up the dvd before I can put it on the computer. I will be adding that within the next week so check back again for that. I am also posting some pictures of our crazy kids from the play world. Enjoy.
The rest of the weekend we stayed home and did some major picking up and organizing of the house. We don't have a ton of stuff, but we also don't have places to store the stuff we do have so it ends up all over the place. We need to get some shelves and stuff. We are also getting pretty close to being able to buy a car. I found an insurance company that will cover us with our American licenses. Most of the companies will not cover Americans because we are used to driving on the right side of the road, which already seems so weird to me. Anyways, we'll just file our taxes and then buy a car. Woo Hoo!
So that's all for now. We hope everyone is doing well and enjoying the warmer weather that has hit Michigan.