When my kids were little, we were traipsing around Toys R Us one day and I got the brilliant idea to try the pogo stick. I mean, c’mon, I don’t remember that thing as being neither hard nor dangerous. Both of which it is, apparently. Because there I was, splayed out on the ground, in agony, as my two children screamed, “Mommy, Mommy, are you okay?”

Needless to say, you know what I answered once I could finally form words again.

“Let’s not mention this to Daddy, okay?”

So, in short, I’m not thinking I’m going to try these jumping stilts - courtesy of Ski Haus Sports & Cycleworks in Annapolis, MD - anytime soon.