RE: [ihc] Kid Stories

["Ed Sohm" <idaemes@xxxxxxxxxx>]

We have one of those plastic swings shaped like a dolphin.  It used to
spend a lot of time hooked inside the rollcage of my 800.  His feet
could just touch the floor so he could swing himself.  I forgot to take
it out one time and sure got some looks running around town.  I don't
think the Law would have been amused if I had let him ride in it going
down the street.  They were not impressed to see a child seat strapped
in the passenger seat with no doors on.  The kids still think the cage
is a jungle gym.

Exersaucers work well because they are down where they can see you
working and don't fuss as much. I'm sure we will buy a new one soon,
what with all the advances.  The old one has been stored in the shop for
3 years anyway.  

When the second was born I bought a 1010 Travelall with working air for
hauling them around town (thanks Mr. Stricker). My wife worked days and
I worked nights so I and the kids did a lot of errand running. Good
memories, even though it wasn't that long ago.  I may have to resurrect
that Travelall as a fishing vehicle or something. 

Ed
 



   

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-ihc@domain.elided [mailto:owner-ihc@domain.elided] On Behalf Of
Michael Stenstrom
Sent: Tuesday, May 25, 2004 4:09 PM
To: 'ihc-digest@domain.elided'
Subject: [ihc] Kid Stories


Digesters,
  A week after I bought my Scout my then 8 month old daughter contracted
Chicken Pox.  I got a week off to make the Scout road worthy...
It took about three hours to figure out how to keep my daughter happy
and me
working on the brakes.  I ended up putting eyebolts in the frame
of the (open) garage door and hanging a buckle-in swing.  Tied a 25 foot
telephone cord (the curly kind of course) from the swing to the creeper.
Squak...tug........squak......tug.  Every once in a while I'll look out
from
beneath the frame and see a pair of feet pointed my way.  
Give a tug on the cord and they'd walk off down the road.   
When my wife and I drove separate vehicles my daughter chose the scout.
(Never told my wife that it was because she could see out the windows 
AND sit up front...) Now my daughter is 8.  Still have the same IH.  She
and
I made two NWBRU before we moved back to WI.  And she is a carrot-top!

Mike Stenstrom
Technical Analyst
715.359.0427 (Direct)
800.227.9371 (Customer Care)
mstenstrom@domain.elided