OK, I officially love the Jump Zone

Once again, Thursday afternoon, it's been too hot to play outside, I've been too busy with work to play with Joshua, I decide we should go to the Jump Zone. Joshua is all for it. Tonight, it wasn't too busy at all, which was good and bad. Good because it wasn't rowdy and crowded, bad because Joshua couldn't find a group to run with. He tried a couple of times but it just didn't stick. He kept running to me to "sit with you for a while." Finally, the owner's sons arrive...they are, just guessing, 7 and 9? This is the second time we have been on a Thursday evening and the second time we have seen the boys there...If my parents owned a place like Jump Zone, I think I would go a lot too...Anyway, I don't know why, but the youngest boy hooked up with Joshua and Joshua had the best time. They would slide, run around playing tag, play air hockey. I don't remember if I mentioned it, but last time we were there, I was playing air hockey with Joshua and one of the sons offered to "play with him if I wanted him too," which I thought was sweet. In a way, it made me wonder if the owner has told them to "help out" other kids who may be playing alone...or maybe they are just well-mannered, nice kids. Oh, and tonight, the owner gave Joshua a Jump Zone t-shirt. He was supposed to have gotten one at his birthday party, but he didn't...not sure how the conversation started tonight but, he did get his shirt. Joshua put the shirt on as soon as we got in the car.