I walked downstairs to find the source of the giggling. Since I was in a house with 12 children under 12 it wasn’t too hard to guess that some sort of romp was going on. In this case the romp was centered around a foam-filled bean bag chair. Patches and his cousin had discovered that if they sat on one side and Howard flopped on the other side, then two little boys would fly into the air giggling. Just as I arrived downstairs the game changed shape. There were a four little girls ages 3-5 who didn’t want to be left out of the fun. Unfortunately this population increase left no room on the bean bag for Howard to flop without squashing a small someone. When Uncle Howard failed to flop, one little girl decided to make him. She began shoving his legs. Howard responded by grabbing her and tossing her onto the bean bag. Instantly Howard was mobbed by a swarm of 6 munchkins all grabbing his legs and awaiting their turn to be thrown. I wish I’d had a camera because it really was like something out of Gulliver’s Travels. Howard was trapped, because for every child he tossed at least two more were hanging onto his legs. Howard continued to throw lilliputians for a good ten minutes before he got too tired. I then waded in to help throw them twice as fast thus opening a pathway to escape. Howard collapsed into a chair and before the horde could descend upon him I distracted them by crying out “Hey look! There’s a sandbox outside!” They all stampeded for the door and left the tired grown ups in peace for awhile.
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That. Is. Cute.
That. Is. Cute.
We used to do that over at my aunt and uncle’s house! Of course, it stopped when one child flew higher into the air than expected and an arm was broken. At least… it stopped for a little while. 😉 I mean, if you’re gonna live your life scared that “something might happen,” you’re gonna live a sad, boring life. Needless to say, within a week, children were flying into the air again. 😀
We used to do that over at my aunt and uncle’s house! Of course, it stopped when one child flew higher into the air than expected and an arm was broken. At least… it stopped for a little while. 😉 I mean, if you’re gonna live your life scared that “something might happen,” you’re gonna live a sad, boring life. Needless to say, within a week, children were flying into the air again. 😀
Awww, we totally need a beanbag chair!
Awww, we totally need a beanbag chair!
Foam. You totally need a foam beanbag chair.
Try this activity with a traditional beanbag chair and you’ll quickly have white styrofoam thingies all over the house. Trust me on this one.
Foam. You totally need a foam beanbag chair.
Try this activity with a traditional beanbag chair and you’ll quickly have white styrofoam thingies all over the house. Trust me on this one.
awwww …
How is the beanbag holding up?
awwww …
How is the beanbag holding up?
Oooh, yeah. Got that mental image, in particular remembering the vinyl one we had as a kind – I’d bet it would make a satisfying *POP* noise when it splits a zipper, though.
Oooh, yeah. Got that mental image, in particular remembering the vinyl one we had as a kind – I’d bet it would make a satisfying *POP* noise when it splits a zipper, though.
That’s assuming it survived long enough to be *POP*’d.
(I remember the gleeful shrieks that signaled the demise of a relative’s beanbag chair … shrieks of joy as their toddlers reached into the formerly zippered opening and hauled out huge handfuls of beans and threw them around. Never did identify which older child opened the zipper for them)
That’s assuming it survived long enough to be *POP*’d.
(I remember the gleeful shrieks that signaled the demise of a relative’s beanbag chair … shrieks of joy as their toddlers reached into the formerly zippered opening and hauled out huge handfuls of beans and threw them around. Never did identify which older child opened the zipper for them)