The trampoline

A while back Sharon mentioned that she wanted to get a trampoline for the kids. I mentioned that I thought it sounds like a fun idea to get one once I start making money and we buy a house somewhere. I thought I had successfully brushed her off. A year or so later Sharon visits a friend's house and all the kids are going crazy on their trampoline. Sharon's trampoline bug had bit again, and all my efforts to brush her off weren't nearly as successful as last time.

We did some looking around, and I realized trampoline's aren't nearly as expensive as I thought they were. We found a 12 footer for $200, which we covered with the kids birthday money from Sharon's mom as well as some red envelope money they received during Chinese New Year.

So far, the kids have loved it. I think we will get our money's worth out of it. It was a huge pain to set up and I'm not sure what we're going to do with it once we move, but I guess I'll deal with that later.

Enoch getting some massive air time

One of the goals, of course, of having a trampoline is to have a place where the kids can get their wiggles out. Mission accomplished. You can even snap the door closed and lock your kids inside as you go in the house and ignore them, which is a nice feature.

The next 4 shots show a nice succession of a typical kiddy brawl. These usually happen once or twice a day accompanied by some high pitched screaming. In the 3rd shot Mom is telling them to be nice to each other, and then they promptly go at it again.