About two years ago Jodie (my lovely wife) lost the engagement ring I proposed to her with. Subsequent searching and tearing apart drain traps etc did not turn up the missing ring. A few months ago we bought a new couch, and moved the old one downstairs, where the kids use it as a trampoline. The discerning reader knows where this is leading…

Yesterday Noah & Co were jumping on the old couch, and presto! Noah found a ring. He couldn’t understand why Mommy was so excited over such a small thing. His comment was “we jumped and jumped and jumped it out!”.