Bounce House

What kid doesn't like a bounce house? But how many kids have their own bounce house? One Wednesday evening when we were having supper together, Shawn made the comment that he thinks it would be cool to own a bounce house for Awstin. I'm not really sure if he was serious, but Jeremy remembered this and when he saw on Facebook that a local company was upgrading their bounce houses and had several for sale, he told Shawn about it. Shawn checked it out and now owns a bounce house! As you can see from the picture, this is not a small one, but a large one complete with a slide along with the actual bounce house.

Shawn, Melissa and Awstin picked up the house one Sunday afternoon and brought it to our place to set it up for the first time. Awstin jumped and hopped around in excitement and the adults were pretty excited too! At that time Steve's mother was staying with us for a few days and so she and I went out to watch the action. Shawn put a blower to it to pump it up but it wasn't quite powerful enough to get enough air into the castle peaks so they hung down and the whole thing just couldn't quite stand up to full capacity. Awstin didn't mind. He slid down the slide anyway, but I was half afraid the house would collapse on him.

Shawn and Steve were able to find a second blower to put on it and it puffed up to its proper size and Melissa and Awstin were soon bouncing away. Josh & Julissa and Jeremy & Megan stopped in to admire it as well (sorry, I didn't get Jeremy and Megan on the picture). 

Jay & Kristen's children were anxious to play in the house so a couple of Sundays later they came for the evening and Shawn put it up again and all the grandchildren had a great time bouncing and sliding. I'll even tell you a secret. Kristen and I actually got in the house too  (if you see how small the opening is you will know that is a major accomplishment for a 57 year old woman and a 7 month pregnant woman). Obviously I didn't take or let anyone take pictures of that! Anyway, we stayed in the bounce house for quite awhile with the children and had a great time. When we were finished we slid down the slide to exit and we both survived!

We decided that when Awstin goes to school he will be the most popular kid in the class. Who doesn't want to be friends with someone who has their own personal bounce house!