Bob and I had such fun last night, surprising Emilie with something she's wanted for a long time. She's assured us many times over the last couple of years that if only she had a trampoline, she would spend ALL her time outside. The budget didn't allow this incentive to spend time in the great outdoors, though, until this week when friends offered theirs to us at a price we couldn't pass up. So Bob arranged that they would drop it off secretly last night to a spot on the yard that Emilie couldn't see from inside, and later, when Emilie was getting ready for bed, he set it up in the back yard.
What fun to wait for her to find it this morning! A thunderstorm rolled through during the night and I think for just a split second this morning I had her convinced that the wind had blown it onto our yard.
Anyway, just had to share a great moment for us. I love it when we can do something unexpected for the kids.
(I'd have a picture, but our camera is on holiday in Yellowknife at the moment).
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what a great surprise!! My 5 year old would LOVE one, every kid in the neighborhood has one, it seems. So...is She indeed spending all her time outside now??
What do you think???
She has had a great time on it but I do have to say that she has not been on it all day, like she promised.
What's funny is that the day after her Dad joined her on it, doing all sorts of drops and stuff, he could barely move. Turns out jumping is great exercise too!
Oh yeah, jumping on that thing is great exercise for ya! You wouldn't even need your 4 mile jog then! :) My neighbor lady used to go on there when her kids weren't around, she said it was great exercise (but can be pretty funny to watch too). :)
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