After our worm walk, we went to a birthday party for Charlotte at Kids Empire. We ran into most of the same kids from Jacob’s party last weekend, so Troy already had some friends to play with. But it didn’t take him long before Troy was asking me to chase them, and I happily obliged.
For the next approximately three hours, I chased seven kids up, down, under, over, and through the kid-sized playground. I caught a few of them, I missed a few, but they never stopped running. And they didn’t all run in the same direction, which meant I had to chase one or two of them for a little while and then break off to chase one or two others when our paths would intersect. All of us were drenched in sweat by the time we finally stopped. And several of the parents thanked me for wearing their kids out for them.
I guess I was the cool dad that was willing to get in there with them. Troy was thrilled and proud, which is all I needed, and the kids seemed to really take to me. I also helped and encouraged some of the babies and younger kids slowly making their way across the obstacles. One little boy even asked me to go down the slide with him. His dad thanked me for playing with his son. Honestly, I loved every minute of it. I’m not sure who had more fun, but I hope the kids sleep like logs tonight! One of my favorite parties.
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