So, I have this habit of putting things on my stairs that need to go upstairs the next time I am headed that direction. Yesterday, I put Robby's super soaker water gun (why it was out, heaven only knows--maybe because we were on our third straight snow day) on the stairs to take up to his room while I was downstairs working and the kids were upstairs playing in Robby's room with Bryan. A few minutes later, I headed upstairs, but when I got there, the door was shut, most likely to prevent Juliet from wandering around and getting into untold mischief. I'm not sure what got into me, but I had this random idea to pretend to be a bad guy who was robbing them. (We've been talking a lot about cowboys because we are supposed to go to the rodeo tomorrow.) So, I quickly headed into our bathroom and got my accessories ready: a bright pink handkerchief leftover from college and Bryan's cowboy hat. I put the handkerchief over my nose and mouth, got my hat on, and headed to do the deed.
When I got to the door, I demanded all their money after announcing that I was a bad guy. The kids were more than delighted, and by some random chance, they had their nerf guns out and loaded up (really--this was pretty random as we don't play guns with any sort of regularity). But, I managed to get in, get the piggy bank, and get to my hideout (behind the big chair in our bedroom, of course). But, the good guys were soon hot on my tail. The bad news for me is that loaded nerf guns are far more effective than an empty super soaker, even if my gun was definitely the biggest one. I was done for in no time, and besides just taking my loot back, they stripped me of my gear. I have to say that it looks better on them anyway :)
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