Keeping Cool
I hate to admit it but summer is here!
Last Saturday it was in the 90’s here in Texas. The asphalt was bubbling, and farm animals were bursting in to flames.
Of course my kids had been stuck inside all week, so Saturday afternoon, they really wanted to play outside. This lasted about 5 minutes. Long enough for them to feel the mid day heat, and come right back in. Now they could complain about two things; how hot it was, AND that they wanted to go outside.
I had the brilliance to go to Target and buy 3 super soakers.
I learned 3 important things that day
1. Never be the "nice" dad and offer to take the small water pistol. You will run out of water more frequently, and the little rats will drench you while you refill.
2. Little girls are very devious. Don’t fall for the old "Daddy you got water in my eye" routine. They’ll nail you when your guard is down every time.
3. NEVER, NEVER, NEVER, turn the garden hose on them full blast, (at least when mom is close enough to her their screams.) There's a very strong chance she will not come to terms with your justification in using such a Weapon of Mass Drenching. (WMD)
The up side is they got out of the house and played, and I did not suffer heat stroke.
Not a bad day after all.
Last Saturday it was in the 90’s here in Texas. The asphalt was bubbling, and farm animals were bursting in to flames.
Of course my kids had been stuck inside all week, so Saturday afternoon, they really wanted to play outside. This lasted about 5 minutes. Long enough for them to feel the mid day heat, and come right back in. Now they could complain about two things; how hot it was, AND that they wanted to go outside.
I had the brilliance to go to Target and buy 3 super soakers.
I learned 3 important things that day
1. Never be the "nice" dad and offer to take the small water pistol. You will run out of water more frequently, and the little rats will drench you while you refill.
2. Little girls are very devious. Don’t fall for the old "Daddy you got water in my eye" routine. They’ll nail you when your guard is down every time.
3. NEVER, NEVER, NEVER, turn the garden hose on them full blast, (at least when mom is close enough to her their screams.) There's a very strong chance she will not come to terms with your justification in using such a Weapon of Mass Drenching. (WMD)
The up side is they got out of the house and played, and I did not suffer heat stroke.
Not a bad day after all.
posted by Justa Dad at 12:19 AM
3 Comments:
My oldest is 2.5 yrs, but he already knows to make a dash for the garden hose---just in case it's on and daddy really "needs" drenching.
Shannon
LOL...glad you're back (again!) how's the job going?
~b
Gotta love the super soaker. How did we survive Texas summers before them?
Maybe all of that hot summers why so stupid I am.
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