[cake_crumb]

"We shop yard sales! We are just plain stupid grandparents!"

You kiddin'?!?! We spent all last Saturday shopping yard sales. Got some cool toys, a Grandson #1-sized rocking chair, and some summer chothes for both grandsons....but there was so much BETTER stuff for older boys. There WAS a little basketball hoop and ball that looked just the thing for the eldest grandson, but after playing with it and not finding it fun, we didn't buy it.

I've always loved yard sales and flea markets though...so much I used to have a permanent stall at a flea market :- )

[Brad’s Gramma]

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http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/942773/posts

It's titled Deadly New Viruses?

[justshe]

I can offer a piece of advice re: those nerf basketball stands that can be used inside or outside IF.....multiple children are going to be playing with it at the same time.

The type we had was a hard cardboard shaft (up to where the hoop hangs)......and it had 2 pieces to it....so you could raise or lower the hoop height.

Well.....2 of my little darlings discovered it came apart...and the next thing I knew they were having Star Wars light saber sword fights with the 2 pieces.

Needless to say....the pieces were dented beyond repair!

So......shop wisely, grasshopper.