One of Ruby’s major birthday presents was a big blue ball. Actually, not big so much as huge. Perhaps gigantic. This ball is so big that you can climb inside of it and roll around. That is the point of it really, and it looked pretty awesome, so we were excited to try it out.
When I bought the ball, I was under the mistaken impression that it was going to be Spring at some point soon, but since I was clearly wrong about that, and the ball is meant to be used outside, it sat in the box for a while. We decided, on the first semi-warm day, to take the ball out and inflate it. Sadly, the pump that came with the ball was broken when we opened the box, and our pumps are still in my sister’s basement, so we had to wait until the next time my sister came over, which was Edward’s birthday party.
Unfortunately, the day of the party it was very cold and windy out, and not good ball weather, so somehow I was tricked into inflating the ball in my living room, where Ruby and her cousins could use it to destroy the house. I don’t think words can adequately describe the big blue ball experience, so I will let the pictures speak for themselves.
Well, the ball was a huge hit, and Ruby has played with it every day since the party. And it is still in my living room, because it is too big to fit through any doors. I would have to deflate it to get it out, and inflating it took me half an hour, so I am not eager to keep doing that every time we want to move the ball. So for now, we just have a new, interesting piece of living room furniture, and as soon as Spring really gets here we can move the ball outside. I’m thinking late June.