Liam was looking like this A LOT the other day. I suggested a water balloon fight to pull him out of his funk and it worked temporarily. He loves playing with water balloons (and by playing I mean just throwing them on the grass and watching them pop). So I enlisted Paul as official water balloon filler and I directed the kids as they took the balloons from Paul one by one and placed them in the water table. Then we started to throw.
Paul popped one at Brygit's feet with the intent of splashing her. The splash ricocheted wetting Liam and he was not happy about it.
He started angrily throwing balloons at Paul with all of his little might but they just kept bouncing off his back and landing in the grass. I helped him along by grabbing a balloon and squeezing it over Paul's head. That got me a big fat balloon to the back of the head so Paul and I were both drenched (and laughing), Brygit was confused and Liam was even more peeved that Paul threw a balloon at me. He shouted through tears, "Don't you EVER throw water balloons at Mommy. NEVER!" And he continued his fruitless attack on Paul. When it was all said and done we continued our day just dealing with the grumpy face.
This is exactly what we need ... a momma verses kids water balloon fight in the backyard. Thanks for splashing me with the idea.
ReplyDeleteThanks for joining the melody this week. I would be delighted to have you add your voice each week. I jot some momma notes on Monday ... but its a post whenever you can during the week kind of link up. I get the filled to the brim momma schedules.
Happy day,
Sarah
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