Friday, July 15, 2011

Grilling out safely in our backyard and deck area

Guest post written by Brooke Lender

It seems like my brothers and I were always getting into all kinds of accidents while we were growing up. We were either playing too rough and someone would get hurt or we would be flying down the neighborhood hill on our bikes and end up crashing into each other. Well, I'm very aware of that now as a mother and like to make sure that my kids keep safety in mind when they're having fun.

I've been enforcing that even more this summer because my kids are at an age when they can be rough without realizing how much damage they can do. I wanted to go over some outdoor grilling safety rules before a cook out that we're having next weekend, so I looked up some tips online. While I was doing that I saw the site www.homePROimprovement.com and after I looked through it a little bit I saved it as a bookmark in case we need replacement windows in the future. (You never know with three boys!)

I did find some safety tips and sat down my kids and told htem about them. They seemed pretty receptive but I guess I'll be the judge of that at the cook out.