Epic Slinky Fail

A couple years ago Princess Pea Pod got a Slinky in her stocking at Christmas. She thought it was super cool. What kid doesn't love the Slinky? We enjoyed watching her play with it, and we enjoyed playing when she put it down, until one day it coiled into The Slinky Knot. You know what that is. When you are playing with your nifty spring toy and BOIOIOIOING! its all knotted together in irreparable mess. There was no saving it. We said good-bye to the Slinky and vowed that there wouldn't be another until she was "old enough."

Saturday we decided to get started with one of the home improvements we've put off far too long. We didn't want our principessa home when we were pulling up the carpet, so she spent a little time with Granna &Papaw and then went off to the store with Grandma & Grandpa. She came home with... oh yes... a Slinky. About half an hour later, Grandpa was untangling the first Slinky Knot. It was no surprise when, the next day, she brought a second Slinky Knot to me. I fancy myself to be a knot slayer, but this one had me undone. I'm sure I made it worse. She took it to Daddy, who can do anything... and he couldn't improve the situation. We had The Interminable Slinky Knot. We're calling it the Epic Slinky Fail.
(Please forgive the cell phone quality photo. I took it with my phone.)

Not to be stymied, our pricipessa decided to hang on to hope that Grandpa can fix it the next time we see him. Apparently a Slinky Knot can still be fun. I found Princess Pea Pod and her friend LG slinging it like a jump rope this evening. Maybe its not such a fail after all!