Talk about a walk down memory lane.
My mom purchased a play parachute for the girls to use during our visit to Houston.
My sister, hubby and I were reliving our youth from PE classes in elementary school and the girls were experiencing something totally new and awesome to them.
We first played with just the parachute. Up and down, making a mushroom cloud and getting inside it.
Then, we remembered that we used soft-foamy balls as "popcorn" to bounce around the parachute. We didn't have any of those, so we used some linky toys instead.
We spread them out on the parachute.
Then, we grabbed onto the handles and bounced the "popcorn" around. I wouldn't really recommend this source of "popcorn" as it goes pretty high and isn't the softest. I guess we learned why we used foam balls in elementary school.
Obviously, they had a blast, though! That's some joy right there.
Evidence of the "shrapnel popcorn" flung around grandma's living room.
Then, the girls grew tired of holding onto the parachute, and jumped on for a ride. They were a little heavier than the previous "popcorn" so they didn't fly off!
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Twitter: bytesofmemory
July 14, 2010 at 3:13 pm
Total walk down memory lane! It looks like everyone had a blast!
Twitter: knzus
July 14, 2010 at 3:18 pm
I remember the parachute times in gym class back even when I was in elementary and junior high school! We had loads fo fun with them!
I can just hear the all the giggling in your photos! =)
Oh my gosh I remember those! I haven’t seen one since elementary school PE class. How fun!
That looks like fun – but I’m with the girls. Sitting in it is way more fun than throwing the toys around!
Fun, Fun!
We had a music makers class where we used a parachute and balls and my boys LOVED it! I should get myself one!
I loved parachutes in PE – like when you would tuck it under your butt with all your classmates making this balloon we were all sitting inside of. So cool.
Looks like your girls absolutely loved it!
That reminds me of Gymboree which my kids loved!!! Really fun!
Twitter: crstniscpncrzy
July 16, 2010 at 7:58 am
that looks like so much fun! your girls are adorable!
i LOVE the popcorn idea. how fun:)
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Oh! What an awesome grandma your girls have! That is so neat that she was able to find that parachute. I remember doing this in school too! (And that was a long, long time ago!) It truly looked like everyone had so much fun!
Blessings & Aloha!
Twitter: LorieShewbridge
July 27, 2010 at 11:12 pm
I remember playing with a parachute in PE in school – but ours wasn’t nearly as colorful.
What gorgeous smiles those girls have, not to mention the adults – oh, yes, that is pure joy!
Thanks so much for sharing such beautiful pictures.
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