Kangaroo Zoo

Kangaroo Zoo. It isn't what you think. There were no marsupials. No cleverly Australian themed drinks or party rooms. In fact, there wasn't even a single inflatable kangaroo in the entire joint. But there was:

A giant room full of inflatables! Slides, bounce houses and obstacle courses, OH MY!

When we first got there I was pretty sure I had the lamest child in the world since all she wanted to do was this:
Arrange and rearrange a bunch of Ikea chairs. Yes, an ode to Sweden. I really think they need to rename this place. I mean, I get the jumping metaphor and all but seriously, can we think of nothing else that jumps??

After a few minutes of chair time Olivia finally realized we were in a room full of oversized pool toys and ran around like a caffeinated Mexican jumping bean until she found... THE WHALE:

The whale was in the darkest of all corners, hidden in the back and covered in patches and holes. There was a bounce house IDENTICAL to the whale in the very front, even with a whale. But Olivia insisted that we jump on THIS whale. "THE WHALE, THE WHALE!" Even though she says it a lot like "wheel."

And let's blame the poor lighting and creepy vibe of being in the back for these terrible pictures. Once Olivia found the whale she literally left this universe and headed straight to some alternate reality known as crazy town. She did probably ninety million cycles through the whale:

Jump and scream like something *other* than a kangaroo...

And then SLIDE:

Jimmy wasn't having the best time in the world at first. In fact Hatsumi was literally shoving him into the whale as he shoved himself back out. But, eventually he warmed up:

At one point I forced Olivia to venture away from the whale:


But after a quick water break:

Olivia couldn't resist going back:

Olivia and Kyle had a conversation that night that went something like this:

Kyle: Olivia, tell me what you did today?

Olivia: I JUMPED! AND I WEEEEE!

Kyle: Oh yeah, where'd you jump?

Olivia: Oh, THE WHALE! With JIM!

And this morning she even asked me to go back-- "We go jump the whale, okay?"

Winter is coming. We'll probably go back a lot...