1 The fillers! 250 balloons went pretty fast - 40 min! Thank you Joanne and Sheri! The kids want 1000 next year! We calculated that is nearly 3 hours of filling!
2 Me explaining the trebuchet which we'll use to launch balloons over the house. This is a trebuchet made by a High School girl and her dad. We are indebted to our STEM coordinator for making it available for learning - and fun!
3 Ok - they're all here! These kids are just nuts - as soon as we cross the Madison/Day intersection they run like mad to the house! I have to run fast alongside and make sure no one gets hit during the busy pick-up time. We gathered on the back deck for some briefing before the war started.
4 The police whistle Sam gave me (from his birthday party) to get everyone's attention before the trebuchet launch.
5 Mrs. White (in pink) was going to man the penalty box if anyone was way out of control. Thankfully did not have to use that option!
6 Now we are at our forts for the water balloon war. Girls were on the opposite side.
7 Learning to use the sling-shot - the girls' secret weapon since we were vastly outnumbered!
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9 Sam looks really happy to come after me!
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12 Poor Finn! I got him really good! But he got me back right after this :)
13 Reloading - 30 balloons in each saucer.
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15 I wanted to play baseball with the balloons so I went out there with a bat :) It was so fun to beat them out of the air! I loved that part!
16 Uh - this is when Finn got me good! :) Right smack in the face! Nice way to wash off! Refreshing...
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18 What's a girl doing on the boys' side? Spying? Very nice!
19 The girls are hanging tough!
20 Pizza is here! Thank you, Lisa, for labeling cups!
21 All the parents were pitching in to pour drinks and divvy up the slices.
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23 More sling shot practice! This time we're launching Angry Birds balls.
24 Learning about medieval warfare - tossing sick animals and disease into the enemy's city to make everyone sick. Or maybe balls of fire.
