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Ball Pit<\/a>Morgans largest birthday present was a bouncy castle complete with ball pit. The castle itself is a little too large for indoor use, but the ball pit just about fits in the spare room. We now have around 500 balls and Morgan seems to enjoy himself in it. Of course, he is just as happy playing in the box in which the balls came!<\/p>\n

I can’t wait for the summer when we invite all his friends and their parents around for a BBQ and a play in the bouncy castle \/ ball pit.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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