Saturday, May 14, 2016

All Rowdy on the Eastern Front

Joy invited some friends over . . .


. . . for a Nerf gun battle after school.


They were all shooting harmless foam darts, but it's still hard not to feel intimidated when a neighbor kid shows up with a "bullet-proof" vest and a Nerf machine gun while everyone else is toting six-shooters.


The girls declared the tree their safe spot, where they could reload in peace.


Partway through, everyone held a summit to discuss acceptable rules of combat.  The third graders wanted a lot of complex rules about teams and spawn points and cool-down periods.  The first graders got frustrated and asked if everyone could just have fun randomly shooting at anyone in sight.  The first graders won out.

Things I overheard on the battlefield:

"His code name is Stinger."
"My name is Destructinator!"
"Surrender or die!  Hey--no one's surrendering!"

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