It all started with a homemade slip-n-slide, made of foam board and plastic with a row of straw bales covered with a tarp to catch you at the bottom. Patrick and a buddy, Shane, had made it for Clayton's 2nd birthday. It was such a hit, that they did it again at Shane's house. They had to purchase the supplies over again and didn't like that idea. So then Patrick, Shane, and two other friends came up with a design to make it able to store and re-use. It has since been used at a friend's house once and our house twice. Waterslide-A-Palooza was born!
It's begins with the stairs that lead to a 12ft tall platform....
Then you proceed down the slide ...
And you end at the stop sign...
The slide was 112ft long and 4 ft wide. It took approximately 3 days to put together. It was done over the period of 6 days,but there were some days when no building was occurring due to work schedules. We had people ages 1 (in an adult's lap) to much older going down and having a great time!
Clayton had the best time from day one! Maecie was excited for the slide, waking up and asking to put on her "babin' suit". However, the first couple of times going down made her nervous. She would cover her eyes, or only go down with her Daddy. But by the end of the palooza week, she was going down with friends and watching the entire way!
Here is Clayton showing off his moves...
On his knees
And on his stomach
Here is Maecie showing off...
Maecie surfing down the slide
She played so hard, she zonked out in the chair!
When the party starts to die down, you amp it up with BUBBLES!!
But the best memory made, was the "family train".... (Lucie will have to join the fun next year!)
So long Waterslide-A-Palooza 2012 .... see you next year!
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