Our neighborhood celebrated tonight with the local fire department, rescue squad, and police department. There was an ice cream truck that supplied free ice cream, a cupcake decorating contest, and a moonbounce.
Wesley loved the moonbounce. Since I had to help with the event we arrived early and Wesley got to bounce for almost 30 minutes before the other kids arrived. He continued to bounce until he wanted ice cream, but once the ice cream was finished he was back in there. We had to make him get out.
Lydia was tired tonight and a little unsure about the moonbounce. Since no one else was there yet, I got in there with her. She did practice her jumping some with me holding her hands.
Here is Wesley in the ambulance. The rescue squad handed out fire hats to all the kids. Chris had already left with the kids when the fire department arrived. It was the same shift that came out for our MOPS event last November. The lieutenant said they would be happy to come out anytime for the kids.
Wesley chose this ice cream. He has never seen the show but he likes the character. It turned out to be more like a popsicle instead of ice cream but he liked it. Notice how sweaty Wesley is because of the bouncing.
Lydia didn't get her own ice cream. I am sure Chris thought she would be too messy so he shared his with her.
Wesley loved the moonbounce. Since I had to help with the event we arrived early and Wesley got to bounce for almost 30 minutes before the other kids arrived. He continued to bounce until he wanted ice cream, but once the ice cream was finished he was back in there. We had to make him get out.
Lydia was tired tonight and a little unsure about the moonbounce. Since no one else was there yet, I got in there with her. She did practice her jumping some with me holding her hands.
Here is Wesley in the ambulance. The rescue squad handed out fire hats to all the kids. Chris had already left with the kids when the fire department arrived. It was the same shift that came out for our MOPS event last November. The lieutenant said they would be happy to come out anytime for the kids.
Wesley chose this ice cream. He has never seen the show but he likes the character. It turned out to be more like a popsicle instead of ice cream but he liked it. Notice how sweaty Wesley is because of the bouncing.
Lydia didn't get her own ice cream. I am sure Chris thought she would be too messy so he shared his with her. 
Chris was in charge of our kids because I got stuck being in charge of the moon bounce. Fortunately all the kids were very polite and followed my requests for taking breaks so other kids could have turns. I am exhausted but I am sure I will have trouble sleeping and that I will dream about the moonbounce tonight.
The evening was a huge success. It is the first community event we have had in our neighborhood in the five years we have lived here. So I am thrilled that about 300 people came out tonight!
6 comments:
Congratulations, Renee, that sounds VERY successful! So, I found out Texas is the only state that officially had their National Night Out changed to October this year. Hopefully we'll get something together! Love Lydia with the firehat, by the way!
Oh my goodness that is awesome! We just had a neighborhood watch meeting (the 1st one) with our new neighbors, but we didn't have a moonbounce!...maybe for the second meeting :) Good for you, I bet you are exhausted!
looks like some hot & sweaty fun!
I am impressed that as someone who works with kids and has two of your own that you agreed to do anything with kids! You are amazing!
Thanks for the compliments. The home owners association management company (or whatever they are called) and the president of our board did all the organizing and all the hard work. I just handed out fliers and monitored the moonbounce. I love to see kids having fun so it was worth it to me. I did ask a couple of people without kids to help; they said yes, but they never came over to help.
Sorry we didn't join you. It looks like a lot of fun. Nice shirt, Wesley. ;)
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