Who’s … got … the … bounce?

We decided to get a tramp … instead of a puppy. Well – sort of. It wasn’t really either/or. But – we have a trampoline. I can hardly believe that I would purchase a trampoline. In my mind they are ARM-BREAKERS. Amazon came through for us on this Ulteca. I love Amazon Prime & FedEx & UPS. They save my life from having to go to stores with 5 little people.

Anyhoo… we had a few helpers to build the trampoline. The man behind all the work is not pictured … Jimmy. You can see they are busy working (with grease all over them – see Tru’s forehead). Wait, is Max working? Oh Max.

Everyone hopped on to give it a try before we got the net one. My nerves were freaking out with little Liza boing-ing all over the place. The net was for me really… for my anxiety… not really for the kids (though it might help them not break arms… we’ll see!).
I love this top photo of the kids. Super. Great idea I had… “Kids, let’s all lay down on the tramp and watch the clouds blow by.” A nice safe, calm activity. It lasted about as long as it took to take the picture. Lower Left… You can see Hannah in slow motion yelling, “Aaaaabbbbbeeee. Watch out for Eliza.” And poor Liza was just face down in the middle trying to stay safe. But that girl didn’t want to get off either so she must have been having fun. She and Tru like to jump solo so it’s more mellow.

A favorite game the kids learned from the Gunnells… “Who’s … got … the … bounce?” I don’t know what they do, but they love it. They also play “3 little pigs” with the littles and they jump from house to house to gather together as little pigs. Then the big bad wolf ends up down the chimney. Liza loves Ring around the Rosies with Abe. Tru loves Duck-duck-goose on the tramp.

Over all, the trampoline has been swell in the 2 weeks we’ve had it. It’s anchored down and then we also take the net down when it gets too windy to hopefully avoid a broken fence and missing tramp.