Every day we all have our own definition of what makes up a great day. Sometimes a great day is just peaceful and quiet at home. Other times it involves an activity or just good news. I just had a great day watching 35 kids run around in the back yard dripping wet and screaming. Let me explain.
Dylan had been asking to have a water gun fight and his Dad and I do good for an afternoon or for a weekend, but he really wanted to have over some of his friends for a water gun war. We talked about it and I kept saying we could have this person or that person over but the more we discussed it and the longer I thought, we decided to have a real water gun war. We invited all the kids from church that were Dylan or Eli's age and all their siblings (plus Moms).
Everyone brought water guns. We set up 5 gallon bucket filling stations at several different points in the back yard. When everyone arrived we went down to the baseball field right behind our house. We played an inning of baseball, killed a little time, and got hot and sweaty. Then, we layed down some ground rules: no shooting in the face, stay in the boundaries, don't shoot the moms, and most importantly...HAVE FUN! We had 35 kids running around with water guns or water balls...all of them got wet and everyone had fun. We then ate lunch in the shade. Everyone brought their own sandwiches and then Dylan and I had cut up lots of different kinds of fruit, provided chips, pink lemonade, water, and snickerdoodle cookies. After lunch we had more water gun wars and for those who were done getting wet they could swing, slide, jump on the trampoline, or just sit back and watch the fun. We had the usual mishaps but nothing that hampered the overall mood of the day. No one had any broken bones, nothing got broken, and no significant amounts of blood were lost. So, THAT is what I constitute as a great day.
To top it off, after everyone left I cleaned off the back porch and got all our water guns put away. I brought in all the remaining food and drink. As I was doing all this, the clouds started rolling in. The sky started to darken. The wind blew harder. I pulled my car back into the garage and just as I did, little rain drops began to wet the driveway. I came inside and put the food into the fridge, straightened up a few things and just when everything was back to normal, I looked outside and the rain began to pour. How blessed we were to have our party uninterupted by rainfall. We prayed that it would be a great day, worthy of getting wet, and would not have to be rescheduled due to the rain. God could not have answered our prayers more precisely. Thank you, Lord! What a great day!!!
