A Day At The Races

A few weeks ago we purchased a Little Tikes "climbing system" for Rooney, off of Craigslist. It was very dramatic because at first I kept getting outbid or out emailed when I would inquire about other systems I found, and when I was given the green light to come look at this system I was warned that another couple was coming in the morning. The race was on because I was not letting this one go.

(Read the next few lines with the sound of a time clock going through your head) Mike and I hurriedly tried to arrange some sort of transport for the system. It was too late to rent a truck so we called everyone we knew with a minivan or larger vehicle. We secured a vehicle, but not for that night, so we called the owner, arranged to meet her that night, drove about 30-45min to look at the system, we paid for it then drove home...without the system.

The woman seemed trustworthy and had 2 little kids scampering about, so we knew she wasn't going anywhere. What mattered was we beat that other couple. Mike went the next day with Dana's minivan and spent several hours disassembling the system. It sat disassembled at our house for about a week taunting Rooney before we could get it together...but we did (or should I say Mike did?).

WE GOT IT! WOO HOO! IN YOUR FACE OTHER COUPLE! So...now what?

Just kidding. Rooney is having a great time playing on it and we have been trying to spend time together in the backyard most nights. This little family time has been great for the dogs also. I will run around the backyard with them and they just go crazy. Sometimes Courage gets up to "greyhound on speed" and just tears it up. Rooney is so cute trying to follow. He runs about 3 steps then trips but he's trying and that's all that really matters.

In other news, I recently decided to step into direct sales and signed on as a rep for BabyCrazy. This is a pretty new company that sells baby/kid products through home parties and rep websites plus their catalog of course. I am normally too cynical to do something like this. I do not think I am a very good sales person and marketing sounds like way too much effort. These products looked good though. I really think Rooney just thinks he got a whole new box of toys! I wanted him to test out the products for me and I planned to use what info I learned from him in my spiel, but he's not even coy anymore when he pulls stuff out of the demo box. The good news is he really seems to like several of the toys and has played with them constantly since I received them. In the picture here he is matching up the sensory balls with the corresponding color on the box they came in. I was really impressed by this. I do not know if this is normal development or not, but it seemed advanced so I snapped some pics.

I was really pleased to note that the box is as great of toy as the balls. Two possible gifts in one. My new marketing strategy.

(Look for my personal BabyCrazy website soon! Once the site is up the address should be www.babycrazy.com/susanw)