water – this little birdie

It’s 2021…Time to start planning!

We’ve been on this road called military life for the past 27 years. Twenty seven YEARS! 2022 will make 28, and yes, I’m including the two years prior to our wedding when Chicken graduated from The United States Naval Academy as we had already been dating for three years at that point! Do you know…

Crabbers are Crazy & Lemon-Lavender Pound Cake

We had a really big rain/wind storm the other day and I learned something new… Crabbers, (Watermen? Fishermen? Guys who go out on boats and drop pods for crab…Crabbers?) whatever you want to call them, are simply crazy! Nuts! Loco! Ya’ll, I watched their boats bounce back and forth, to and fro, side to…

Farmhouse Sneak-Peek Video

I’ve been working on getting this video together for awhile now. It’s still not right. I’m still terribly bad at tech(anything)! But you still want a peek, right? RIGHT? I knew ya did! Enjoy! P.S. (Do people still say P.S?) New-Old Farmhouse life is so much fun!

WIPEOUT!

WIPEOUT! Where there is a homemade WipeOut course, there will be…….. trash talkin & line fightin…. Splash tacklin… Water sloshin.. Baby Watchin…. All around good times! We constructed a pvc pipe water works contraption that hooks up to the waterhose. The kids loved it! I would love to take credit for the idea, but the…

Dianna

July 3, 2011

Wow, that looks refreshing! And fun – for the kids AND the adults!

1. thislittlebirdie
  
  July 3, 2011
  
  Yes, the water balloon I caught with the face was quite refreshing!!! 🙂
  
Kamie

July 3, 2011

Too bad Sophie’s not there to play! She would love it. I took her to Grandma Rivas’s today so she could swim in her mini pool. After a little while of playing, I had to refresh the water because she dumped soil from the wheelbarrow in it and made it muddy water. Then after she was done and dressed, guess who I found sitting in her pool soaked, shoes and all! This girl is gonna be the death of me!!!!!!!!!!!!!

jan

July 4, 2011

What a cool idea Angie!!! Kammie have you ever heard the ole saying Your paying for your raising haha sounds like you have an amazing little one as well…..

N.

August 6, 2013

I love this idea – I’m looking for more activities to do at my daughter’s birthday party this weekend and I think I’m going to try this. Can you share more what you did for this? I know the post is 2 years old now, but hopefully you might still remember?

1. thislittlebirdie
  
  August 7, 2013
  
  Hi! I just bought pvc pipe from Lowe’s and the elbow, T, and end connector pieces. Then we cut them to size (hand held saw), drilled holes in the ones we wanted to spray water from and then assembled. It’s best if you decide on your *plan* before you get started. I don’t have the exact plan, but you can look on Pinterest and find many similar ideas/plans! Hope this helps!
  
  1. N.
    
    August 7, 2013
    
    Actually, I meant what else did you do for the wipeout activities? Whatever you did, it sounds like it was fun!
  2. thislittlebirdie
    
    August 7, 2013
    
    OOps! Sorry about that! We set the PVC course up and about midway through we hung wiffle balls they had to dodge, grandparents stood on both sides of the course and threw water balloons as they went through, we set up inflatable stand up balloons they had to tackle and a swimming pool filled with bubbles (they had to tackle the balloon into the water). Once in the pool they had to find 5 colored rings (they each had to find a certain color) amongst all the bubbles and then dump them in a bucket and ring a bell for their timed run to stop! Quickest one through won! So much fun! Hope this is more helpful! 🙂
tungteambuilding

February 14, 2014

Good! I like it!