So last Friday we had a little water party for some of Miles' friends to come over and hang out with him. We had a pool shaped like a whale, a sink that pumped water like a real sink and this dinky little circle that had sprinkles come out all around. I figured with the amount of kids coming over that it would give them all room to play. Wrong. They all adored the thing with the sprinkles coming out and it looked like Cancun at Spring Break up in there. Wall to wall toddlers. And they liked to hang out in there with a snack in their hands looking for all the world like old men chilling in the water nursing beers.Preparty Miles was busy running around without shoes. I tried to keep him on the patio by keeping shoes off thinking the rocks would be to hard and he would stay confined. No, he's ready to do a firewalk, his feet have no feeling apparently. He can walk on the sharpest rock without a "weh".
Then they partied.
Then there was an afterparty with his best buds River and Liam. This afterparty involved clearing me out of all kitchen utensils then jumping on the couches like 18 month old maniacs. Poor River practically fell asleep mid jump. I looked over one minute he's partying, next passed out!
This age is so fun when it's not being challenging. And he's starting to talk more! And last Wednesday he was trying to jump and mostly he looked like a Sumo wrestler because just one foot would end up going dramatically up and down. But ONCE! he caught some air. Like maybe half an inch. And he landed on his feet. And the expression on his face was priceless. Filled with awe and amazement that he just left the earth. So full of wonderment and curiosity. I just hope to not spoil that.
