We had an incredible Christmas this past year. One of those holidays that was so wonderful because we did nothing, had no travel, and had nobody over. It was divine!
During the Christmas break, the men of the house poured over a Christmas gift from the woman of the house. A book called “Backyard Ballistics”. Before I knew it, the boys were coming home with things like lighter fluid, hairspray, PVC piping, long matchsticks, bags of potatoes, Pringles cans, duct tape, and things I don’t have names for. For two days a flurry of activity took place in the kitchen and in the garage.
When the moment came to actually perform the launch, our son elected to do his “video” time, rather than witness the fruition of those hours of hard work.
EEEERRRRR. Stop the tape.
I was about ready to turn the boy inside out, but Tom Builder had given him a choice, and Mr. Incredible handled the side issue of our son’s ridiculous indecisiveness (not wanting to disappoint Dad, but really wanting to do PS2 Star Wars for the 5oth time) with stunning ease. Our Princess of Wails, on the other hand, knows good Daddy time when she sees it, and was all about launching potatoes out into the pasture.
And so this is how it came to pass that two girls and the man of the house found themselves strapping our self made potato cannon to a paddock gate to prepare for her maiden launch.
None of us were quite sure of what to expect, but Mr. Incredible had high hopes of launching potatoes to infinity and beyond. What none of us were expecting was the enormous sonic boom generated by a squirt of hairspray, a spark, and a mere potato! The launch was a complete success with potatoes blasting far out into our first pasture, while Ken and I giggled over how loud the gun was. So ear busting, that we could only convince ourselves to launch five potatoes for fear that the cops would be at our door in another five minutes. Who knew that plunging potatoes into pastures could be so much fun for grown men?
So if you knock at the door, and no one answers, head around back. We’re probably just shooting spuds.
Love the title! And what fun!! I do worry about you guys a bit, though…what with the huge roaring bonfires in the summer and the potato guns in the winter, you just may attract the wrong attention someday!
I suppose the real question, however, is: Did the sonic boom lure Jack away from Star Wars?!
ROFL….oh men and their potato guns…my hubby has had a dream of making one of his own after guys talking of setting them off in their back yards in the middle of the city…and not EVER stopping to think about where exactly that potato may be landing…..ROFL!!!!! and if you get into talking to other men about it…it’s EVERY SINGLE ONE that has a dream of making one, or has made one…the funniest thing is that after all the stories of potato guns and laughing with tears, I kinda can’t wait for his ‘dream’ to come true! Sounds like a truly fun filled Christmas!
Remember when you were young and I told you to eat the food on your plate because there were children starving in Africa? WELL————now you found a way to get those potatoes to them!!
Don’t be surprised if you find a bunch of volunteer potato plants in your pasture next spring. Maybe you should consider planting some ammunition. It could get expensive buying all those potatoes.
I am just dying to know if you had your baby!! I was thinking for some reason you were due in April, but maybe not…Though, maybe you have had your baby, cause who with 5 kids has time to blog about a new baby!!! LOL!
Hi Leslee,
YES! Caroline was born on April 10th and she is doing wonderfully. She looks a lot like Faith did when she was a baby but with much less of the maintenance. Ha! I promise to get my tail back on this blog soon. It actually has less to do with 5 kids and more to do with the fact that we went to Macs in our house and a brand new camera around Christmas which put me at a screeching halt with some photo software that I love to use, and learning how to work a Mac. I’m like an old dog trying to learn new tricks! Should be back in blogging order soon as I’m feeling pretty good. Thanks for checking in on the growing Knucker Hatches.
Sounds awesome!! I can’t wait to see pictures! It was funny, my sister was just in Georgia this last week at Northpoint Church for a conference, and I was saying I’d love to come with her to meet the Knucker Hatch mom I have so grown to love!! Anyways, having 3 golden apples of my own, not to mention a full time daycare, it wasn’t to be…Glad to hear that going to Mac may be an interesting change…maybe we’ll stick with the regular computer…