A while back I bought Ian a child size soccer goal and hid it away thinking I would save it for his birthday this year. Then I decided that by August most of the summer fun he could have with it would be gone so I planned to just put the thing together for him now.
After I picked Ian up from day care yesterday I showed him his new toy and asked him to help me put it together. I thought it would just be snap a few poles together and string the net on and done.
HA HA HA HA! No.
An hour later, after navigating the "directions" which were a series of drawings that did little to help direct me toward the finished product. In the end I just used some logic, some sweat and a couple tools they didn't indicate you would need to make the damn thing go together.
Of course Ian promptly decided it made a better fort than a goal.
Then we invited Ian's friend Isabelle over for some soccer in the yard. They played something that only slightly resembled soccer for a bit then took to chasing each other around in circles. Much fun was had and we ended with two very tuckered out kiddos.
Oh, I just know that these products are designed and packaged by sadists!!
ReplyDeleteLove the rosy cheeks of kids who have been playing hard. :)
Haha, Beth, "packaged by sadists".
ReplyDeleteLooks like the kiddos really enjoyed it :) Well done, mama!