Friday, September 30, 2011

Mattress Surfing

No matter how many toys they have kids seem to have the most fun with things they devise for themselves. My grandkids have of late picked up Mattress Surfing as their favorite sport when we have family get-togethers at my youngest daughter's house. At a recent party for my youngest grandson's first birthday, all it took was an old crib mattress and a long flight of basement stairs to keep the bigger kids entertained.





My pictures aren't great.....they were going too fast. Fortunately none of my fears about broken bones, etc., came to pass. 

The birthday boy, Beck, left the Mattress Surfing to the big kids. 



His first ever birthday cake was plenty of fun for him.

15 comments:

  1. Oh girl...I'll be right over...I wanna play!

    Happy birthday to little Beck. What a handsome little cake face he is!

    God bless ya sweetie and have a fantastic weekend!!! :o)

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  2. Ah, all the fancy toys we get our kids, and the bells and whistles. All you need for them really are a mattress and cake. And life is perfect. Works for me! You got what was necessary in those pics---kids you love happily doing their thing.

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  3. Looks like Beck really loved his cake.
    I love that the bigger kids are imaginative and found something fun to do.

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  4. I'd take birthday cake over mattress surfing any day! (but I can see why the kids love it)

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  5. Wow you are one cool grandma! Sandie

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  6. Oh Jeanie, how this brought back memories of my granddaughter doing this on the stairs. Kids are so much fun.

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  7. Happy belated birthday Beck! You looked like you were enjoying your cake!

    This brought back memories, Jeanie. When I was growing up, we had a two story house with wooden stairs. We would always grab a quilt and sled down the stairs (when my mom wasn't home because she didn't like us to do it, I'm sure she was worried we would get killed). It was so much fun! Somehow though, she always knew we did it.......

    have a great weekend!

    betty

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  8. Such delightful shots! Mattress surfing really looks fun - my kids do it too with sleeping bags! And that cake - yum!

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  9. hmmm. I'd throw a fit if they did that in front of me. lol. looks dangerous. love that cake face, though.

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  10. Happy Birthday, Beck.

    I remember sliding down stairs with great fondness.

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  11. I have never heard of this! How fun is that!

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  12. I must make sure my two youngest do not find out about mattress surfing!
    It would worry me to distraction that they would get hurt!
    Love the baby with cake all over him.

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  13. that does look like fun...but I am with you on seeing broken bones and split lips....
    The BD boy is so cute and the cake looks like lots of fun (o:
    yes we do need to get together. Let me know. A Monday or Friday morning would work for me.

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  14. Oh lordy, my hubby would have a heart attack if he saw kids mattress surfing on the stairs. But if they are able to hang on and not tumble off the mattress, they aren't likely to get hurt, right? It looks like a ton of fun!

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  15. This looks like tons of fun, but my son would have been the one to break a finger or arm when he was a kid. He had the worst luck!

    So happy it was such a great day. Adorable photos.

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