Jump-o-line

Nolan started asking for a "jumpoline" (his word for trampoline) after seeing one at his cousin Sam's house. At the time we were living in Seattle so we told him to start saving some money and by the time we move he will have enough to buy one. Thinking he would forget all about it, we brushed it off. Yet every time he found change he would save it for his piggy bank declaring that he's saving up for a trampoline. The time came that we knew we had a big enough yard, the weather was getting warmer and it didn't hurt that Amazon put the trampoline we wanted on a $100 off lightning deal. So we got it!
Trying to think of a way to incorporate Nolan into the buying process I took Nolan and his piggy bank to coinstar to tally it up. Although the $65 he had saved up didn't cover much of the trampoline I was still impressed that he had shown such commitment to his goal, despite being 5! So that night when I got the shipping email from Amazon I showed it to Nolan, praised him like crazy and started the countdown until it arrived.
Well it arrived on Monday, all 15 feet of it! I'll have to take a picture of our backyard now because it took up way more room than I thought it would.

It has a great netted enclosure all around it that make it safe even for Miles. 

Now that Nolan has reached his goal I asked him what he's going to save up for next and he decided he wants a guinea pig. I'm going to veto that one...sorry dude, Ruby is all the pet we need right now.