Aug 31 2009
What do you do on a Summer Day?
It was a long time coming…
There were threats, counter threats, and promises made. But it came down to this…
There would be a water gun showdown. Dr. Eddie not only took all comers, but he also mixed it up personally. It was a cloudy and rainy afternoon on July 12th when all sides gathered together. After a “last meal,” everyone headed outside and commenced to fightin’. Usually things were pretty spread out. There was one instance where the wrestling got knotted up when Joshua challenged Eddie.
As you can see – there was only one slide at the beginning. Here is some video from my phone – the quality is not too bad, but it’s not going to be shown at any film festivals this fall… (Umm, note – your sound is not broken – there was nothing to hear until the very end where Nathan comes inside. Although a few shouts and shrieks can be heard through the glass.)
If you watched the video to the end, you know that Nathan came in freezing (did you see how my camera made his little penguin walk just that much funnier? The camera got weirded out there at the end.). But I dried him off and we watched from inside for a while. I took more video, but I am only posting the best of the best so as not to bore y’all.
These shenanigans went on for quite some time. I was tired of standing and went off to sit down. During that time, Nathan could no longer stand it and headed back out in his dry clothes. He had been quietly watching, so I didn’t hear him slip out. In the mean time the fight had been reduced to trying out a “bigger, better” slip-N-slide.
And here is some final video of sliding folks. You can also see Nathan rolling his “bowling ball” all along the way. He does get a little peeved when “Kay Kay” jams up the traffic.
Thus ends our tale of Hydrogen Hydroxide induced destruction, for now.
There were many more fun and exciting happenings this summer, including VBS, the kids going to Tim Hawkins, and stuff like that. I’ll get to them soon (maybe post one more tonight when I get home from work 🙂 ).
I know you’re starving for more scoop on the happenings around here – blame it on the chronicler. (Oh, and happy birthday, Mom! Hope to catch you some time today!)