One of our best garage sale finds this summer was an inflatable mini ball pit that we found two or three weeks ago. The kids have had a blast in it - jumping, burrowing, throwing, using the tic-tac-toe board and bowling set that are part of it, having it be a fort, a castle, a clubhouse, a bed.
It’s great for JediBoy, who is 6, and BabyGirl, who is 19 months, to have this kind of central focus. The ball pit has been a huge draw for both of them and has helped them spend more time actually playing together, not just in the same room.
I love to have something big and physically entertaining in our living room, but I like change too. So this evening we’ll deflate the ball pit and pull out our door-hung basketball hoop for a while. We also rotate the pop-up castle, the wooden golf green and the mini trampoline. Good bye, ball pit - we’ll see you soon!
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