This is so crazy....I have no words...

We went to a place called "Bouncing Off The Walls" last night for Family Fun Night. You pay one fee and the kids get to play on all of the "equipment" there, plus you get pizza and soda pop. Sounds like fun huh? They have a huge room - Lauren's old gym - with lots of those blow up mazes, slides and bouncy houses. Plus, lots of room to run and be crazy. Tucked back in the corner is their Velcro Wall - who knew it would induce so much terror into our lives that night....


We had been at the facility for probably 30 mins. The kids had been playing around and wanted to go back on the velcro wall. So, we suited them up. The way it works is they were velcro suits and there is a bouncy platform that they use to jump onto the well. Lots of fun and the velcro is super strong - it even held Jason up. Well, the kids were playing and Lauren caught a bad bounce which knocked her over the side face first. She kind of somersaulted off and landed right on her back. Well she was screaming so loud that I was sure her neck was broken. Nope, no injuries but we never expected what we had found...she had landed flat on her back, into a pile of velcro suits. So, her hair was sandwiched between the suit she had on and the suit she had fallen on and she was STUCK...seriously stuck. It took us nearly an hour to pull her hair out of the velcro, but I was dead set on NOT cutting it. She recovered fairly quickly and had a pretty good time. The owners felt horrible and offered to give her a free stuffed animal, so that seemed to help with things.

The second worst part of the adventure was coming the snarls out of her hair. It took the rest of that night and then some more time today getting the rats out. She lost about a hand full of hair, but I guess we are lucky we didn't have to cut it. Such a crazy, crazy thing to happen - it was seriously miserable for her (of course) and for daddy and I to try and comb it out. Here are some pics of the event:

Not a great picture, but it gives you an idea of what the wall and velcro suits look like:

Lauren, at home after we pulled her hair from the suit

Starting in the bath by trying to dig out the elastics, then pouring conditioner and painfully combing and picking through her hair

It all looks so easy here, doesn't it?

This is the SECOND day - daddy's still picking through it. We finally got them all out, but her hair is quite a bit thinner...I am so mortified!