I purchased our trampoline on Craigslist for $30. That was over three years ago! When we went to the nice man's house to pick it up, he said that they had it for a long time and his kids just don't play on it anymore and he wasn't sure how much longer it would last. I just purchased a new pad to go on it and my kids have loved it ever since!!
Well the past couple of weeks every time the kids would jump on it, a spring would come off. I didn't think it was too bad until one day when I saw Carter crawling into the hole to get underneath it...
That is a pretty big hole!!
I told Jason that I thought it would be a good idea if we got rid of the trampoline before someone really gets hurt, so we took it apart.
This is what it looks like now...
Carter calls it "The Big Play Pen". We put their outdoor kitchen, table, and all of their play food down there and they've been playing in it for a couple of days now... It's probably not the safest place to play, but they say that it's better than the trampoline...so I guess it works until we can get another one.
Carter was talking through one of the bars after we took it apart and didn't even know his face looked like this...
And then today was the day that someone got hurt...
Carter fell in the hole.
He's still not done, but so far so good...
Maybe we do need a trampoline sooner than later...
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2 comments:
Jason just loves to find reasons to be handy...doesn't he? That's a pretty cool place to place, my kids would love it. I'm about ready to do the same thing, our trampoline turns the kids feet and clothes black everytime they get on the dang thing.
*place to play*
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