Sky Zone with Andrea

Louisville has a lot to do all within minutes of each other, and I wanted to take advantage of not having to drive an hour to get to anywhere worthwhile.  So we also decided to go to a place similar to Air Walk called Sky Zone, and Andrea was off that day, so she came, too.  This was the first time that the older two met Andrea (well, Sage had when she was a baby), and they just LOVED her.  We laughed so hard that we could barely breathe.  Andrea got a kick out of Jaggar, of course, as all people do.

 None of my pics from Sky Zone are very good, but here's what I have.  I actually liked the set up, pricing, and overall organization better at Air Walk, but they still had fun here.

 And they had to wear special shoes here, which no one was fond of.

 Photo bombed!

 When we were leaving there was a random girl sleeping on one of the benches.  I told Andrea to point, and she didn't realize what I was doing until after the fact.  That's years of living with Travis that allowed me to see this opportunity.

 Then we decided to go to GiGi's, the same place Mom and I went the other day, but we got lost.  VERY, very lost.  We had a lot of laughs in the 30 minutes or so out of the way that we were, and we made it there eventually.

 We have not changed a bit.  Her mom said, "You guys are acting EXACTLY the same as you did in high school."  So I said, "What she's saying is, 'We were wise beyond our years THEN.'"

 Little Cupcakes

 Sage just LOVED Andrea.

 Jaggar being Jaggar.  He said that he wanted to get in too.

 After cupcakes, we went to the mall because I had a gift card for Victoria's Secret that I wanted to use.  Andrea's phone had died so she ran to get mine.  This is what she came back with.  She SAYS that Jaggar did that all on his own.

Then we went to a toy store, and she put Bleu Jack on this horse.  Look how big he looks!

 We all had a great time. 

Been So Long

Throughout my teenage years, one of my dearest friends lived just around the corner from me.  I have SO many memories, hysterical ones, with Andrea.  She was one of my bridesmaids in my wedding, too.  I guess because of distance and life, we lost touch over the years, but I never forgot about her.  Semi recently, I found her on facebook and we corresponded and caught up and exchanged numbers.  Since I was in town, I texted her and let her know that I'd love to get together.  She was busy the first weekend (she works 2nd through the week), but I did go after she got off work one evening and took Bleu with me.  

Andrea loves babies and having just gotten married a little over a year ago, she is more than ready for her own.

 SELFIE! 

 A few days later, we met for lunch before she had to go into work.  We would spend the next day, Saturday, together, but that's another post.  It was so nice to catch up with a friend after so long and feel like you JUST saw them.

 Neither one of us were too fond of this picture, but I like the fish in the back.

 Every time that Costner threw her phone, she'd say, "SHOCK PROOF!" because it's one of those shock proof, water proof, LIFE PROOF cases.

 Outside we decided to make our own picture.

 Baby was tired and cranky through a lot of the meal.  They brought some crackers for him, which Costner, Andrea and I all ended up wearing.

 See the crackers all over his outfit?  I barely ate during lunch because I laughed so hard at Andrea, just like always.

Chuck E Cheese's

I knew one of the things that I wanted to do while I was here was to take the kids to Chuck E Cheese.  I worried with school being out about the crowds, but we were going either way.  I was so pleasantly surprised when we got there and hardly anyone was there!  Jaggar hadn't been since he was like 2, so he didn't remember it at all, but I can assure you that he won't forget it.  He was like, "This place is AWESOME!"  We got 100 tokens, 2 salad bars and a pizza ordered, and we were in business.  I was starving, and as soon as I set my plate down...lights start flashing and we are evacuated outside.  They were working on something with the ceiling, so I think that they knew that it wasn't a real emergency, but because those alarms were going off, people had to be evacuated and the fire department had to come...so they said.  I never saw them.  They were so nice and they knew exactly what to do with waiting customers outside.  It wasn't 5 minutes before Chuck E Cheese himself was out there giving out free tokens.  Jaggar was in heaven.  Chuck E could hardly move for Jaggar wrapped around his legs.  Before we knew it we were back inside.  The food was great (seriously...it sounds funny, but they have a GREAT salad bar, and I loved my pizza too).  They had remodeled and gotten some new games.  It was so clean. The staff was so nice and helpful.  I can say this about so few places these days, too.  It was a great day.  We spent ALL day there, and when we went to cash in our tickets, it started to pour rain.  I said we were going to play some more until the rain stopped, and the manager gave us a handful more of tokens for each kid.  

Even baby Bleu got to ride.  He loved the whole place with the lights and the noise.  He was perfect.

And we saw Chuck E Cheese countless times.  I don't know how often he comes out...every hour maybe, but every time he does, he dances with the kids and gives out free tickets.  Jaggar loved it and danced his heart out each time.  Although, when he threw the tickets, Jaggar would just freeze and cry because other kids were getting them lol. 

Precious babies.  Costner rode a few times, too.

I have a video of Jaggar riding this when he was a baby...or maybe it was Sage, but I clearly remember Ken Chuck E Derby.  :)

Pretty girl.  While Jaggar liked more of the games (Jurassic Park where we shot at dinosaurs chasing us was a fave), this one liked the chance games to win tickets.  She did win 15 and 20 several times, but wanted the 100.  I wished she'd won as many tokens as she spent, but all together, I think we did end up with a little over 300 tickets.

Look at Jaggar's face.

He finally gave it up for a little while.

This was a roller coaster simulator that they loved.  I've got some video of that here.

Then Sage was so sweet to take Costner down the baby slide.

And to take him on a ride.

Can you see Jaggar?

Aren't they so sweet?

Look at that precious boy.

So happy all the time.

We had a wonderful day and ended it with GiGi's cupcakes.  SO good.

Sunday Best

I love our church, but it's very casual, and as someone that used to love looking nice (I say that past tense because you may not know that if you saw me out and about lately), it's frustrating at times to only get to wear jeans and a black shirt.  So while we are on break, it's nice to get to dress up along with my kids, who I always make sure are dressed nicely for church in spite of their mother's attire.  :)

By the way, for those thinking, "I didn't know Sage wore glasses."  She doesn't.  Her eyes are perfectly fine.  She just is going through that phase like I remember going through where she's fascinated with them and WANTS them.  Claire's has some fake ones that she has loved, so since we were here, I just finally got them for her.  My kids have gotten a LOT of "just because things" since we've been here, by the way. See below pic for example.   ROTTEN.

The Zoo

Since the Louisville Zoo made such a big impact on Jaggar last October, Mom tried to find a window of opportunity that the weather wouldn't be the temperature of hell.  There was one day that seemed to be better than the rest, but it was still so hot.  We got a late start, so we didn't catch more of the "coolness" that we'd have liked, but we still had fun.  It was tough on Little J, who got to ride in the sit n stand a lot on the last trip, since Costner had yet to make his debut.  Jaggar asked to sit in the shade a lot, but he still enjoyed it.  I didn't take as many pictures probably because I was trying to care for 3 kids and not have a heat stroke, but here's a few.

 Sage and her Target bin $1 special right here.  :)

 Outside of the tiger exhibit.  We actually came up on this right as they showed how they did some training with him.  It was pretty cool to see a 347 lb cat do tricks like a dog...a dog that could bite your arm off if he wanted to.  The trainers DEFINITELY weren't in the cage.  This was training like with a stick through the fence with a piece of meat offered as motivation.

 Costner's first zoo trip.