2017: Summer of the Squirt Guns?

In an effort to encourage the kids to use the spending portion of the money they've earned from doing jobs around the house for things that will last and provide quality fun, I suggested the kids buy squirt guns.  Cat agreed right away and bought herself a good squirt gun with some of the money she had available.  She promptly shot it at Jack.  Taking him completely by surprise.  While he was in the house.

So I took the squirt gun away.

In the interim, Jack and Eliza decided to buy squirt guns, and the three of us plotted to teach Cat a little lesson.  While she was at YW one Wednesday evening, we locked the door so that she would have to knock for us to open the door.  Then Jack and Eliza would immediately begin squirting her with their squirt guns, taking her by surprise while she was unarmed.

Unfortunately, she'd brought her key to YW so our original plan didn't work.  But I convinced her to go outside again and ring the doorbell again and this time, Jack and Eliza got her.  Be sure to watch both videos.

These videos are representative of the obsession the kids had with squirt guns for the beginning of the summer.  We even planned a play date with some friends where the kids could play with squirt guns and water balloons.  What's more fun than water play on a hot summer day?

Jack looks like quite a bully in this picture, but they were just playing
good-naturedly when Eliza simply fell over.  Promise.

The interest in squirt guns seems to be waning at the moment, but I expect there will be a resurgence before too long.