Adventures With A Basketball Goal

The basketball goal's current location -- in the boys' play room between the arcade game and keyboard and drum set!

My brother and his wife gave Alex and Logan this basketball goal for Christmas. The boys were excited about it -- Alex will stand and shoot the ball and make basket after basket. 

Because of it's shape (and like every other goal) it's top heavy.  The base is empty and supposed to be filled.  We filled it with water only to discover it had a leak.  We put a towel over the base hoping the leak would stop soon.  Nearly a week later it was still leaking so we thought, "forget it."  Jacob took it outside and dumped the water out.  He brought it back in and we tugged on it, shoved on it, did anything we could think of to be sure it wouldn't fall and hit the boys while they were playing basketball.  We decided that it wouldn't just fall over while they were playing basketball so we stopped worrying about it and went on with our lives. 

Last night we discovered that if a boy bends over and bumps it with their bottom THAT will make it fall over.

It was the boys' bedtime.  They had their pajamas on and we had just finished brushing their teeth.  We were in the play room looking through the numerous books to find a couple to read before bed.  For some reason, Logan was messing with things over by the basketball goal.  I didn't think anything of it.  He bent over and lost his balance -- his bottom hit the back of the goal and the goal tipped over.

I was still looking through the books and therefore had my back to him.  I remember hearing him grunt and make an "ohh" sound.  Suddenly I felt something hit me on the back of the neck -- HARD!  My reaction wasn't a pleasant one.  Not only did it hurt but I wasn't expecting it and didn't know what had happened.  I said, "What happened?" a little louder than I intended.  Logan started crying and yelling, "Momma!" I said, "What were you doing back there?"  He stood there looking at me with his mouth open wide and crying.  Then he ran out of the room.  When he came back he was still crying.  He asked if I still loved him and if I was okay.  He said he was sorry and that it was an accident. I started crying with him because first of all, it hurt, and secondly, seeing Logan so upset made me feel bad.  I sat holding him for a while.  Jacob eventually came into the room and said, "What happened?"  I told him and he figured out a way to prevent it from ever happening again. 

Later that night while tucking the boys in bed Logan told me he tried to save me by holding the goal and keeping it from falling.  He said, "I tried but my super powers wouldn't work!"  THAT made me smile. 

It left a mark -- a battle wound, if you prefer -- on my neck and I'm very thankful it didn't hit me on the head OR hit one of the boys.  It could have been a lot worse!  Jacob fixed it and once again we have moved on to other issues! 

I hope everyone is enjoying their week.

Beware of falling basketball goals!  You never know when they'll strike!!

Logan playing basketball!