(Cover your eyes, Auntie Holly!)
Austen enjoyed a BBQ/poker party thrown by some mommy friends. First, Austen went into the backyard jumpy castle. Then, after sufficiently jumping and going in and out several times, she decided to explore the kiddy pool. Mama came prepared and after a quick change into her bathing suit, Austen played in the kiddy pool with some friends. Unfortunately, it started to rain so we all headed indoors where the party continued with high energy. All the kids ran throughout the first floor but mostly hung out in the playroom, which had plenty of toys including a ball pit and an Elmo video playing. While Austen was entertaining herself, Mama and Dada decided to play some poker in the garage but Austen didn’t stay away for long. She hung out a lot with Dada (hence the bottle next to Dada’s chips). It was a fun, friendly poker game and eventually more kids trickled in and joined the grownups.