Our neighbor asked permission and then bought Alex a Super Soaker for his birthday. He supposedly didn't realize it is battery operated. Mmmhmmm. When I saw it required batteries I knew we were in trouble. This thing is a semi-automatic squirt gun. Everything a 4 year old's parents need! As soon as he opened it, I put batteries in, filled it up with water, and sent him outside to go find the neighbor.
Last night, Squirt Gun Mania 2013 erupted in our backyard. It started with Alex running around with his new squirting assault rifle. One by one, each of the adults were armed with their own water weapons. Alex's was the only battery powered one, but we have the advantage of aim on our side.
I maybe accidentally blasted the neighbor with the hose while attempting to fill up my squirt gun. Which led to Alex soaking Travis with the very same hose. Trav retreated into the house for quite some time. But then he laid in wait in the mud room until Alex was close to the door, but not paying attention. And that was when he jumped out of the door and dumped a giant mixing bowl worth of water on Alex's head. I didn't think Alex could stand up while laughing that hard. It was awesome.
After that we resorted to the sprinkler. We were already soaked and the lawn was a little parched. Two birds, one wet stone.
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