Fun for the Whole Family

Tonight, we headed out to the Lake to get the boat ready for the weekend, and to meet my family for dinner. Simple enough plan. In the process, Todd also wanted to show off his new 7-foot-water-hydraulic-pressurized rocket. His birthday is next week, so I guess he treated himself early, even though he said the rocket was for the kids. Whatever. I actually didn't take any pictures of the official rocket launch, but the aftermath of tonight's launch and retrieval was an event unto itself.

The rocket shot over 100 feet in the air, and where it landed was anyone's guess. Our last launch was after dusk, and it chose to land in uncharted territory. Territory full of "stick tites." Those of you who don't know what a stick tite is:

Yes, that is Todd's leg. Full of what I call stickers, but Todd favors the "stick tite." All these little suckers were stuck to his leg hair, and we had to problem-solve how to get them off. It's not a new problem; we've had to deal with these with our dogs before, and we just rake through their hair over and over. Or shave them. Todd was favoring the shaving option, but we assured him we could get the little "devices of stick" off his legs. So, we pulled each one off one by one. Oh, let me add that each stick tite was attached to a Todd leg hair, so in effect, we pulled out those one by one as well. Oops. But funny. very funny. "OOHHH Kelly Clarkson." comes to mind. :) We laughed, and Grady worried. Like I said, fun for the whole family. :) Sometimes watching someone else in pain is just a little funny; now why is that?