Wednesday 16 May 2012

While the Cat's Away...

... this mouse might play - sometimes.

There is a new toy in our house. It arrived by delivery this morning. It's called a Mookie Lolo Ball. Never heard of it? Either had I until Emily begged and begged for one. Seeing as how she has had a tough time lately and himself is a soft touch, we now own one.


This is what you are supposed to be able to do on one.




You are so missing out on a good laugh because you haven't been able to witness my attempts to conquer this impossible to do toy! And, no, I'm not capable of getting a photo of me making a complete arse of myself on it. Sorry! It now rests innocently in the corner of the kitchen and Emily will never know. Thought it best I stop before I broke the thing and had to deal with a devastated daughter.

Meanwhile I am on hand sewing duty while the lovely Cindy volunteered to send me a bottle of oil for my machine. So I am now half way through my hoop production for the Sample Swap.


Two down, two to go. The light is at the end of the tunnel.

Susan

39 comments:

  1. If it was me, I would have broken myself as well as the toy!

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  2. I think you need to have another go with the camera on a timer ;-) Actually I've seen those ball things but never knew they had such an interesting name!

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  3. Ok, so this is a variation of a balance board that I use at the gym - the concept is based on serious exercise stuff. Good for you. Really good. Just saying. ps, I am not good at it, terrible, actually, but I do try.

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  4. My kids had one of those! I don't think I was ever brave enough to give it a go!

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  5. I need pictures of you doing this. Please bring it to london.

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  6. Okay, I dont know what on earth you're calling it, and I cant actually remember what its normal name is ( ;-) ) but I used to have one when I was a kid and they're AWESOME! Like a cross between an easier less dangerous handsfree pogo stick and a less deadly wobble board...

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  7. Get the girls to film you on that thing, then we can all see you in action!!!!!! Your FQ hoops are just fantastic. Di xo

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  8. Love your hoops :-) very lovely. I've seen those toys before, not sure if I've ever tried one. I know that if I tried it now, i'd fall off and break something! Probably my arms! LOL

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  9. I'm sure there will be room for it in Laura's car!

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  10. I'm with Sarah - can't remember the 'real' name but they're great! You do end up with blisters on the sides of your feet if you bounce too much!!

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  11. Trim ball!!! I remembered just too late!

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  12. We have one of those! We got it for Joe but in fact he's barely used it. Will (14) is pretty good on it though but I can't even get on the damn thing without hanging onto something!

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  13. Blast from the past! I had one of those when I was about 12 or 13 (so around 1990), so did every girl in the village. We called them Lolo balls.

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  14. We had those when I was a kid. They never had a proper name as far as we knew, we just called it a planet hopper thing.

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  15. Oh I bet you had a space hopper when you were wee!! That I'd love to see! Jxo

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  16. I tried one of those at Scout camp - apparently you have to be under 12 to work them!
    Love the hoops.

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  17. I'll just skip over the toy thing, I'm with Jude in space hopper camp! Hoops are looking fab-u-lous Missus!

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  18. YES! Like Wendy and Sarah, et al I used to have one as a kid, I used to think it looked like Saturn. It was a yellow ball with a pink disk and I was awesome at it :D I was about 8. Thanks for bringing back that memory!

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  19. If you won't do the decent thing by posting a pic, the least you can do is sneak it out of the house for the retreat so the rest of us can have a go!

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  20. Susan, you make me laugh! Why is it that our kids can make things like this look so easy to do?

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  21. I'd stop drinking the oil when falling off the toys if I were you, then you'd be fine ;o)

    I had one of those when I was little, it was called a space bouncer or something like that.

    Hoops are looking fab though!

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  22. thank the lord you didnt brake something on you then she would have know

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  23. Gosh. Them thar hoops are looking fabalush :-)

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  24. Oh my goodness look how happy she is!

    The oil is on it's way. I told the postie it was an emergency!

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  25. Ohh I had one of these when I was a kid, I loved it, can't believe they are back!

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  26. Not only would I have busted the toy - I probably would have broken my leg in an attempt to prove I could do something that was so patently un-do-able!

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  27. Oh that ball brings back painful memories - like the others Mookie lolo is not the name I remember it by but we did have one when we were kids. My brother was ace at it - me, well I always suck at anything requiring co-ordination!

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  28. Love your stitcheries Susan!

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  29. stitcheries are gorgeous (of course) and that mooki thing lloks dangerous - I think i'd snap a fetlock if i had a go!!

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  30. Your hoops look great. Tell Em her toy looks like a lot of fun.

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  31. Looks like you have some long nights ahead. Em sure looks happy there with her new toy. Hope things are going well.!

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  32. I think you have to take it to FQ and we will all have a go! And I will take a photo of you - I promise!

    Great hoops!

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  33. oohh I remember those!! Fun :)
    The hoops are wonderful... keep at it!!

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  34. I am like the rest - would probably break something LOL but they are supposed to help train you to balance properly.
    Loving the embroideries but worrying now that I have not done anything yet??
    Off to sew (quickly!!)
    Eeep!
    Lush x

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  35. your hoops are looking amazing-well done for persevering with them! and please put up some pics of you in action on the ball thingy!

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  36. If it was me I would have fallen off and broken something (and not the toy!).

    Your hoops are lovely.

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  37. Emily looks like she is levatating! Great fun and will look for the video of you on youtube!

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  38. Did it come with a warning label?

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  39. Oh my goodness, this brings back memories - I had a Lolo ball! Very hard work if I remember rightly! x

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