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!"
No comments:
Post a Comment