COVID 19 - The Coronavirus: Water!

Gardening leads to watering. After all the work we did, it seemed prudent to keep the plants alive!

The hose doesn't reach across our yard, so we filled up buckets and loaded them in the back of the gator.

I threw Loki in a box to keep him from chasing after and trying to bite the gator's wheels.

He was sad, but he eventually got out!

We scooted around the yard pouring water on trees that may not survive transplanting. They'd been out for too long before being put in the ground. We're still waiting to see if they make it.

Carrie surprised me with an awesome idea (she does do that from time to time!). She wanted to turn the gator into a 'log flume' ride!

Carrie had me put full buckets of water in the gator and then she drove off with Shane and Loki at high speed! In reverse!

She'd driven carefully to prevent spills when we were working, but now spills were the plan and purpose!

They didn't get soaked, but it was fun.

The soaking happened later when we went to water the plants we could reach with a hose! Carrie was feeling mischeivous!

Shane tried to rebuttal with a watering can, but he learned firsthand an important rule of all water wars.

The hose beats all.

Approach within it's range to your own risk!

I went in a little early as Carrie and Shane ran around. I didn't feel like getting wet!

I guess that makes me a little bit of a party pooper, but I got to record what happened next: Shane came in annoyed. He was stomping, clenching his fists, and making a full on grouch-face.

"I told her to stop and she didn't!" he said. "She's a grown up and she didn't listen!"

I laughed. Maybe it wasn't the most supportive reply.

"You're fine!" I said. "It's a water war! Everyone worries about getting wet in the beginning, but by the end everyone's soaked and it doesn't matter. It's just fun! I saw you laughing and running around!"

So yeah, I dismissed his concerns a bit. I wanted him to focus on the fun rather than there being a winning or losing. And I didn't want the ending to make him discount all the enjoyment throughout!