I spent Memorial Day watching several grown men (including my father) dam a creek with rocks and dirt, then dig a channel to redirect its flow…just for the heck of it.
I realize that men are just big versions of little boys, and that digging and building and getting muddy is all good fun. But still. The seriousness with which they tackled this “project” (started by my cousin’s six-year-old) was a little embarrassing.
Then again, skipping rocks and fishing for crawdads with hot dogs gets old after a while. They had to come up with something to do.
so true. I recall a 4th of July where my husband spent about 3 days in strategic planning sessions–then carrying out planned assaults–with those Air Soft pistols (or whatever they're called) with my cousins. Most of whom were about ten years old (although the older men were all into it by the end of the weekend).
LOL I heard about this dam project…It would have been a sight to see =)
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Sounds fun to me.
Rach: Remind me to tell you about David and his friends' airsoft escapades one of these days.
Steph: I really should've taken pictures.
Th.: Of course it does. You're a boy.
Oh I SO wish I were there! I hate that I miss out on all the fun projects like chopping down a tree in your front yard and building a non-necessary dam. I'm extremely sad.
I'm missing out on your baby being born, which makes me extremely sad too, so perhaps this makes us even.