Here is a fantastic story behind our newest, bright red addition to the household. We had a gift certificate to Toys R Us and since our child is a hydromaniac, we thought what better way to use it than to get a kiddie pool. Matt and I (mostly Matt) did our research and discovered a red crab sandbox that could be used as a pool as well. The biggest bonus: it came with a lid so that we could keep the water clean and hopefully off the deck and dripping down on our neighbors below. We went to Toys R Us to make our grand purchase and discovered they were all out and had discontinued the product. The kind folks at the Pleasant Hill store made some calls and found that they had one left at the store in Dublin. We called to reserve it, but to our dismay, they couldn't put it on "hold" for inventory reasons. We also ran into another problem along the way: it wouldn't fit in our car. We would need someone to pick it up for us or have it shipped (the latter being very costly once we looked into it). I sent out an email to all the sisters in our ward and was AMAZED at the response we got. Over 15 people emailed me back, saying they would be glad to help, either picking it up on their way home from work or letting us borrow their car, just about anything. And for those of you who don't live around here: Dublin isn't down the street. It is a good 20-25 minute drive. We have an amazingly kind ward here. We were able to pick up Reagan's sandbox last Thursday and it has proven a big hit in our household. She spent the first day playing with her toys inside it because our deck was being worked on that day. We moved it out to the deck on Friday and filled it with water. She played in it Friday afternoon and Saturday.
Don't you just love her thunder thighs? Since swim diapers are so expensive, I just put a normal diaper on her. That was a mistake. It poofed out so much that Reagan's bathing suit was busting at the seams. When Matt and I removed it after swimming, this gooey plastic stuff fell out everywhere. So now she swims without anything and we pray that she doesn't feel the urge to "go" while out there because I don't want to be anywhere near here to clean that mess up.
A confused Reagan pulled at her suit, wondering why in the world she is wearing clothes for her bath????
Here is a fantastic story behind our newest, bright red addition to the household. We had a gift certificate to Toys R Us and since our child is a hydromaniac, we thought what better way to use it than to get a kiddie pool. Matt and I (mostly Matt) did our research and discovered a red crab sandbox that could be used as a pool as well. The biggest bonus: it came with a lid so that we could keep the water clean and hopefully off the deck and dripping down on our neighbors below. We went to Toys R Us to make our grand purchase and discovered they were all out and had discontinued the product. The kind folks at the Pleasant Hill store made some calls and found that they had one left at the store in Dublin. We called to reserve it, but to our dismay, they couldn't put it on "hold" for inventory reasons. We also ran into another problem along the way: it wouldn't fit in our car. We would need someone to pick it up for us or have it shipped (the latter being very costly once we looked into it). I sent out an email to all the sisters in our ward and was AMAZED at the response we got. Over 15 people emailed me back, saying they would be glad to help, either picking it up on their way home from work or letting us borrow their car, just about anything. And for those of you who don't live around here: Dublin isn't down the street. It is a good 20-25 minute drive. We have an amazingly kind ward here. We were able to pick up Reagan's sandbox last Thursday and it has proven a big hit in our household. She spent the first day playing with her toys inside it because our deck was being worked on that day. We moved it out to the deck on Friday and filled it with water. She played in it Friday afternoon and Saturday. 
Don't you just love her thunder thighs? Since swim diapers are so expensive, I just put a normal diaper on her. That was a mistake. It poofed out so much that Reagan's bathing suit was busting at the seams. When Matt and I removed it after swimming, this gooey plastic stuff fell out everywhere. So now she swims without anything and we pray that she doesn't feel the urge to "go" while out there because I don't want to be anywhere near here to clean that mess up.
A confused Reagan pulled at her suit, wondering why in the world she is wearing clothes for her bath????
2 comments:
This is definitely Matt's kid. Taking of her clothes while swimming? I've think I've heard that story before.
Oh, man...
...word gets out fast!
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