Last Sunday, we had SJ's 14th birthday party. He invited 7 friends. They were all able to come except for one (that is pretty good odds). We couldn't fit all the boys in one vehicle, so I had Bob, Topher, George and Kingston in my car. My husband had SJ, Willie, Garry and Dallas in his vehicle. The trampoline park that we were going to was about 40 minutes from our house. Our jump time was scheduled for 12, but we didn't actually make it there until almost 12:30. Kingston's grandfather got a little lost on the way to our house (no biggie).
We stopped at McDonald's to get the boys lunch. We let them have anything they wanted, so we had a variety of orders (Big Macs, Chicken Nuggets, breakfast sandwiches, etc.). The manager didn't seem to care that we were a little late. We signed up for a 90 minute session. In that 90 minutes, they could do the trampolines, dodgeball, rock climbing wall or the ninja course.
They all decided to begin with the ninja course. They were in there for over 15 minutes (and they cheated a little). They moved on to the trampolines and then dodgeball. They also had a huge airbag that you could jump into from a platform. They were back and forth between all the areas so many times. Some preferred dodgeball and some of the other boys preferred the ninja course. As long as they were having fun, all was good.
Only Topher and Bob braved the rock climbing wall. They both said it was very hard. Bob got slightly higher than Topher and that is saying a lot since Topher is over 6 feet tall.
When our 90 minutes were over, we drove back home. We only had 30 minutes until parent pick up, so we sang to SJ right away. The boys ate gluten free cupcakes and had chocolate ice cream while SJ opened his cards and presents.
They went outside for their remaining time at our house. Some of the boys played basketball, some played soccer and the rest tossed a whistling Nerf football. All the boys behaved nicely, had great manners and were very fun to be around. Once again, I am very thankful for the boys in SJ's grade. They are always so accepting and kind to him. I am glad he is able to have genuine friends.
I am so glad one of my new friends from work told me about this trampoline park. We will definitely be going back there soon!
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