The Story of the Slip-n-Slide

The story went something like this:

Daddy: We should get the kids a slip-n-slide.

Mommy: No, those are really dangerous.

Daddy: No they’re not. We all had ‘em as kids and we’re just fine.

Mommy: Well, they’re also like $40 and that’s a lot for something that’s potentially dangerous anyway.

Discussion ended, probably due to someone needing a diaper change or toy or meal.

Mommy goes to Walmart {read: most dreaded place ever!} and spots a slip-n-slide on clearance for $2.  Mommy purchases, because things seem less dangerous the cheaper they are. {Everyone would skydive if it were like 30 bucks, right?}

Fast forward to the after noon after Watson had a little run-in with the concrete lion statue in Grandmamma and Granddaddy’s backyard, sending us to the doctor thinking his leg was broken. He needed a little pick-me-up so we pulled out the slip-n-slide.

The kids loved it!

It was fun to play in the ‘sprinklers’ on the side.

And the pool at the end.

Watson’s leg clearly wasn’t broken, and he ran around like a crazy person in the yard.

There was a lot of slippin’ and slidin’ …although most of it was accidental. I think the danger mostly lies in kids running across it and not realizing how slippery it is.

I quickly realized why ‘the kids’ needed a slip-n-slide as Daddy showed them how to do it.I conceded. The kids enjoyed it and it didn’t seem much more dangerous than just running around in the yard normally.I left them playing to make a quick run to the grocery store for a few items for dinner.They played and played and played.But I came home to sad news. After a mere two hours, our beloved slip-n-slide left us. As in totally busted. All of the water flooded out and the slip-n-slide quickly became a long piece of lifeless plastic.

The kids were bummed {although I think Aaron was more so}, but were quickly distracted by popsicles. I believe that’s the end of our slip-n-slide adventures for a while. At least until we’ll shell out $40 bucks for a ‘good one’. Luckily we were only out $2. I guess you get what you pay for!