fairfarmhand Posted March 5, 2011 Share Posted March 5, 2011 seems like every time we get one the kids destroy it. So for the past 3-4 years, we just don't have an umbrella. Do you own one? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harriet Vane Posted March 5, 2011 Share Posted March 5, 2011 We own one but never really use it. It never seems worth the bother. We just put our hoods up and keep going. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jen in PA Posted March 5, 2011 Share Posted March 5, 2011 We keep one in the car and DH and I each have one to grab if we know the weather is iffy. The DC have nice raincoats. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ElizabethB Posted March 5, 2011 Share Posted March 5, 2011 We own 3. But, 2 of the 3 have been mutilated by children and barely resemble umbrellas, so I know what you are talking of. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gardening momma Posted March 5, 2011 Share Posted March 5, 2011 We have one in each car. I think there's a couple more somewhere, but I don't know where. I would like to keep one in the garage where I can use it as we're heading out to the van--we park in the driveway--but I don't have one there right now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miss Peregrine Posted March 5, 2011 Share Posted March 5, 2011 No, we don't use them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kalanamak Posted March 5, 2011 Share Posted March 5, 2011 seems like every time we get one the kids destroy it. So for the past 3-4 years, we just don't have an umbrella. Do you own one? One in each car, and kiddo has one that looks like a dragon. He treats it with TLC because I told him when this one goes west, he's getting a boring black one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laura Corin Posted March 5, 2011 Share Posted March 5, 2011 We have about five. We don't use them much - they came with us from China where we had monsoon rains - because it's usually windy if it rains here. I mostly use hoods. Laura Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rebeccabillington Posted March 5, 2011 Share Posted March 5, 2011 we dont own one Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mynyel Posted March 5, 2011 Share Posted March 5, 2011 Yes, we own 2.. I think. Somewhere. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mommaduck Posted March 6, 2011 Share Posted March 6, 2011 No, we gave up on them. Either a child destroyed them or the wind destroyed them. I get less wet going from point A to point B without having to fight an umbrella in the wind also. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
missmoe Posted March 6, 2011 Share Posted March 6, 2011 Nope--I gave up on them for the very reason you mentioned. When my children were a bit older, I had a very nice one that I was only allowed to use. I used it twice--left it on the porch to dry and someone stole it! That was several years ago--none since then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jennifer in MI Posted March 6, 2011 Share Posted March 6, 2011 We have three in my van and one in dh's car. All in good shape! We use them regularly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ravin Posted March 6, 2011 Share Posted March 6, 2011 DW#2 has a small one she takes with her to walk/bus if it might rain. DD destroyed the last one she had. Really, it doesn't rain often enough here for me to worry about it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SusanK Posted March 6, 2011 Share Posted March 6, 2011 Of course not. What we really need is disposable ones so we don't have to watch them mildew in the trunk of the car. Besides, when kids get wet, they grow, and these guys want to be bigger! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crissy Posted March 6, 2011 Share Posted March 6, 2011 We have several large umbrellas that we've been given at golf tournaments over the years, but we don't use them. It's Seattle. Who uses an umbrella in Seattle? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlessedMom Posted March 6, 2011 Share Posted March 6, 2011 Yes we have several, usually kept in our vehicles. However when it rains here it is often so windy that we can't use them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlsdMama Posted March 6, 2011 Share Posted March 6, 2011 seems like every time we get one the kids destroy it. So for the past 3-4 years, we just don't have an umbrella. Do you own one? We do not. And sadly, we live in Oregon... And get very, very wet. I keep thinking it would be a good thing to have, but I'm fairly certain it too would end up broken. ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarlaS Posted March 6, 2011 Share Posted March 6, 2011 We need to just all get ponchos. That's it. Ponchos need to make a comeback! I like the kind with hoods that have visors. :D Umbrellas are just doomed by the universe it seems. They're far too interesting for their own good so kids can't leave them alone, the wind takes a beating on them--and seriously, who steals an umbrella?? Doomed I say! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MominIN Posted March 6, 2011 Share Posted March 6, 2011 No. I haven't had one since college. It seems like to much of a bother to get it out and put it up. I guess I've never cared if I look like a drowned rat! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sahamamama Posted March 6, 2011 Share Posted March 6, 2011 I keep one in the van, which means I have to run through the rain to get to the umbrella. :glare: :lol::lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrixieB Posted March 6, 2011 Share Posted March 6, 2011 Yes, I own one umbrella. My mom bought it for me when I started 7th grade. I haven't used it in 13+ years and it has been hanging on a hook in the closet all that time. The kids have no idea it's there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
felicity Posted March 6, 2011 Share Posted March 6, 2011 We have at least three which is weird considering we live in a place where it rarely ever rains. My kids all have 2 pairs of boots too. Strange. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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justamouse Posted March 6, 2011 Share Posted March 6, 2011 yes, but I bought them second hand. They are very cool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kdeno Posted March 6, 2011 Share Posted March 6, 2011 If it did rain and I wanted to use it I would forget it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Desert Rat Posted March 6, 2011 Share Posted March 6, 2011 We live in the desert. On the 4-5 days a year that actually rains hard enough for an umbrella, we stay inside because the dang roads are so slippery from accumulated oil floating to the top! Problem solved! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nature Posted March 6, 2011 Share Posted March 6, 2011 I own several, but it seems like I never have one with me when I need it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tylianna Posted March 6, 2011 Share Posted March 6, 2011 Nope--I gave up on them for the very reason you mentioned. When my children were a bit older, I had a very nice one that I was only allowed to use. I used it twice--left it on the porch to dry and someone stole it! That was several years ago--none since then. Maybe Klepto the cat stole it! http://www.askavetquestion.com/news/2011/klepto-kitty-cat-caught-on-tape-stealing-from-neighbors/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ellie Posted March 6, 2011 Share Posted March 6, 2011 We have several, including a couple that fold up into small spaces and stay in the car for unexpected rain. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Annie Laurie Posted March 6, 2011 Share Posted March 6, 2011 We don't have one either. It doesn't rain here all that often, and when it does we just run. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
m0mmaBuck Posted March 6, 2011 Share Posted March 6, 2011 I'm sure we own one but I couldn't find it if my life depended on it. It doesn't really rain that hard here.... it mostly drizzles.... all the time.... from October to April.... so we just pull our hoods up and go. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melinda S in TX Posted March 6, 2011 Share Posted March 6, 2011 We have three of the big rainbow striped ones, and they stay in the car. Blessings, Melinda Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tap Posted March 6, 2011 Share Posted March 6, 2011 We do, but only use them on halloween lol, otherwise we all have coats with hoods. Umbrellas are not great tools to me. They are problematic with the wind and once used, you have to deal with yet another wet piece of plastic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MorganClassicalPrep Posted March 6, 2011 Share Posted March 6, 2011 We have two. Both have been hanging on hooks on the back of the bedroom door for the better part of a year. They NEVER get used. That's what hoods are for. Besides, if you carry an umbrella, then what do you do with it? Lug around a large wet piece of plastic? No thank you. Then again.... last time it rained here and we had to go out in it, DD and I puddle jumped through the parking lot. Ended up walking through the grocery store with our pants soaking wet and looking like drowned rats but... DD loved it! :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
5knights3maidens Posted March 6, 2011 Share Posted March 6, 2011 Nope. The kids "always" destroy them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamee Posted March 6, 2011 Share Posted March 6, 2011 We probably have close to a dozen of different colors and sizes--DH needed black ones for work. Come the summer rainy season, it's just too hot to wear a jacket and unless we want to get soaked, we need one. The boys have very small Japanese umbrellas in the their backpacks all the time, I always carry one in my purse. Rain seems to come out of no where here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hsmom Posted March 6, 2011 Share Posted March 6, 2011 We do not own one either. My thing is it doesn't rain here enough to actually buy one. Well I did once and the kids destroyed it. Now when I lived in Oregon I had one on me is seemed at all times. It rained there enough to keep on with you like a purse and phone. Just something you never left the house without. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carrie12345 Posted March 6, 2011 Share Posted March 6, 2011 I just got a new one! :D My 3yo has already asked if he can "...push the button again and again and again and again." :glare: I only bothered to buy it b/c it was raining when the baby was in the hospital last weekend. I'm a loud cell phone talker and like to pace while talking, so I did laps around the outside of the hospital while updating family and friends. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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