The closest thing we could find to a padded room

After being stuck inside during six straight days of record high temperatures over 100 degrees each day, we decided the kids needed a fun outing.  What they really needed was a padded room to be set free in so they could act as crazy as they wanted without Mommy and Grandma JoJo yelling at them to stop trashing the house.  The next best thing was Jump for Fun! just a few miles away.  Yes, the exclamation point is in the name of the venue.  For the bargain price of $7 (Peter was free, so we only had to pay for Charlie Jo), they could jump on inflatables to their little hearts' contents.

The Sesame Street area was a big hit.

We loved that the time from 10 am to 1 pm was designated for ages 6 and under only, but Mom and I took offense at the drawing they used on the warning sign to indicate that us HUGE OBESE people who weigh over 150 pounds were not welcome on the structure.

Even Charlotte was offended at the drawing.

Charlotte loved this structure that offered a choice of three different slides once you climbed to the top.

She came shooting down the slides like a bat out of hell and then begged us to instruct her to "do it again".

In the baby play area, Petey bonded with another little guy who wore matching shorts.

But then he decided to follow his sister up another ladder to more death-defying slides.

Yeah, I'm pushing my kid down the slide.  Got a problem with that?

ZIIIIING!

It's tiring having so much fun.

At one point I stupidly let Petey climb up inside this monstrosity.  He never came out, and finally I had to go in (and flaunt the regulations against gigantic fat people!) to rescue him.  Another little kid told me to please never let him climb in there again.