Trampoline Fun...
We had a fantastic trampoline that was given to us by Dave's brother. It was old, having been through their four children, but we loved it.
Unfortunately, the canvas ripped right down the middle a few months ago and we mourned it's loss in our back yard because it is such great fun. The kids spend hours out there and we haven't had any disasters or accidents on it.
Last week, Dave and I decided that we just had to buy another one with the warmer weather coming up. We knew our older kids would love it and we thought it would be a fun, healthy outdoor thing for Ayana and Moses too. (We got the enclosure part too for safety, just in case you're wondering!)
So, off to the store went Dave with Josh and Megan and they brought back two enormous boxes...guess what Ayana and Moses immediately did...sure enough they climbed into those boxes and had a splendid time, squealing and laughing while Dave and the others put the tramp together.














The thing that really made me laugh was that Ayana could hop in and out without any problem, but Moses couldn't get out by himself. He could only manage to drape one leg over the side and then he would cry and shout, "tuck, tuck" for "stuck".
Of course, as soon as you went and got him out, Ayana would run over and hop back in, causing Moses to try and get back in and again cry and call out "tuck!"

So, here is a picture of Dave and Josh setting it up. Then a happy family portrait of all the kids on the completed trampoline. Fortunately, you can't hear all the arguments and the "debates" about where it should go and whether it was level etc.



















We have a cute little video clip of Moses and Ayana jumping around and falling over. Ayana tries to hold Moses up, very cute. I can't figure out how to post it though, so until I do, you will have to imagine it! :)
PS: You may be wondering what my role was in the whole setting up of the trampoline episode? I was the official photographer...someone has to do it...right? :)