It was a lot of fun. And also miserably hot (have I mentioned how over summer I am and ready for fall? I am talking jungle hot. Southeast Asia in its warm season hot.) But anyway, fun.
Leo got to try out his soccer skills. I had been kicking (ha, soccer, kicking) myself for missing the registration for the neighborhood “pee wee” soccer league but secretly thought he was too young and not quite ready for that anyway (it would be with typical developing kids who I suspect have much longer attention spans). It was fun to see him playing around with the ball. As we suspected, he picked up the ball a lot. No matter, he could be goalie! And the guy in charge of the soccer station took a real liking to him. I’m hoping next year Leo can do the team thing.
No question the highlight of the day was when the NYPD took out a huge hose and sprayed the crowd (I think they had a truck parked outside the event for kids to explore, it wasn't like some random thing where they just decided to open fire on us with the hose).
Do you think Leo had fun?
What a welcome relief. Not to be dramatic but I bet it prevented some cases of heatstroke. You know how little kids are, they run around and don't really think about the fact that they are incredibly hot. I mean look at Ellie's pink little face. Sweltering.
Ellie enjoyed the ball pit.
I loved the fire hose "waterfall" because it seems so quintessentially “city.” When we left Brooklyn for the burbs I mourned my kids not having the city upbringing that is so easy to glamorize (not so glamorous are the mice that infested our last apartment or the fact that our living room was ten feet wide). Like most people of my generation, I grew up watching "Sesame Street" and always thought it would be so cool to play in the water of a spraying fire hydrant. Not much of that going on in the New Jersey burbs.
I like this picture of Ellie. It really epitomizes what life is for a 14 month old. Busy. Always walking away from something and toward something else. See that little fish in her hand? She made off with that! I found it in my purse when we got home. Nicely done, Ellie.
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I am one of the co-chairs of the Romp and am glad you and your family enjoyed the event. If only we had control of the weather LOL. I was talking yesterday to the mother of the teenager in charge of the soccer kick and she told me how much her son enjoyed being there and particularly how much he liked a little boy named Leo. Small world that with the 1000 people there, he mentioned your son. Hope to see you next year!
Hi, just came across your blog! We were at the Romp too! It was a lot of fun and we hope to go again next year!
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