Water Balloon Fight

Today it was hot, a perfect pool day. However, the children and I have a deal. We will go to the pool after their rooms are "vacuum ready", and all their school work is done. This morning was a slow morning. No one was motivated, and by noon they still weren't ready to go. Since we were planning on going out to dinner tonight I knew that we just had to call off the pool. Of course the children were devastated, and acted like the world was coming to an end. Then miraculously hopped to and finished their work. Still we couldn't go to the pool because we needed 2 hours after we got home from the pool for everyone to shower and get ready for dinner, which would have left us with only about an hour and half of actual pool time.

I did want to reward them for getting all their stuff done so I secretly went down to the garage and started filling up water balloons. When I was almost finished filling them up I told the children to get their swim suits on and wait for me on the bench upstairs. It was so fun to hear them guess all the things I might have planned (it actually gave me a few ideas HA). I did give them one clue, and that was that it was on our "summer to do" list. They still didn't get. I got a picture of them, and told them to meet me at the garage where I showed them all the balloons. They were super excited and carried on about how I was the best mom over. I may or may not have replied "what is that you say, say it a little louder!" But it wasn't long before they were fighting with each other, and I had to shut it down. Being the best mom in the world was too much pressure, anyways! HA