Monkey Joes

Last weekend Matt and I took Kaden to a place called Monkey Joes. It had several of those big inflatable toys to play on. Kaden was really unsure at first. He was fine if he was in our arms, but was scared to be "alone" (even if we were right there). Eventually he relaxed and realized he was okay and enjoyed himself. By the end of our time there, he was laughing and giggling at everything. He would even go down the slides all by himself and laugh at the end. We all had a great time.


He really wasn't sure about this place at first....
but knew it must be safe in my arms.
Then I crawled away trying to play peek-a-boo with him, and this is what happened!

So we took him over to the little kid area so he could relax and acquaint himself.
Back to the inflatables -- he's still a bit clingy as you can see.
This is what finally opened him up and allowed him to enjoy it. He sat and went down this small "slide" for awhile with me. He also liked watching the kids going by him. By the time we got to the top of the big slide, he was laughing and having fun.
This was his favorite slide--- Matt or I would go first, then Kaden would come down on his own, then the other parent would follow. Kaden did so well sliding by himself and he always thought it was so funny when he'd watch us slide after him.



He was trying to climb up this slide.