January 2, 2006
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Now, people celebrate the dawning of New Year’s in many different ways. Some bang pots and pans, ring cow-bells, or shoot fireworks, thinking that a cacophony of noise and lights will somehow usher in the next year sufficiently. Others stand in a crowded square or in front of the tv, to watch a mere glowing ball drop from the sky. And then there is that stodgy class who have no hope for the future, and so cocoon themselves in bed at a civilized hour, ignoring the celebration around them.
But none of these melodramatic displays for the Trout household this year!! Why waste energy on such carbon-copy routines? For us, there is no other ways to celebrate than...<drum roll>....a Marshmallow-gun War!! The hours before the great battle found us selecting our weapons from the family’s arsenal of blow-guns, made from select pieces of PVC pipe and glue. As the hour of the fight drew near, the bags of marshmallow came out of hiding, and battle stations were placed.
And then with a deep breath, the shot that was heard all the way around our living room was fired!! The air was filled with white flashes, and gasps of breath as we fought it out. Sister against sister, brother against brother, father against son, husband against wife, each out to defend his own! The great battle raged on, amidst the screams (of laugher!) and firing of the canonry. It was fierce! It was deadly! It was brutal to the end!!
As the great marshmallow war at last came to a close and the smoke of battle drifted away, we looked in awe upon our now white and powdery surroundings. Who would have thought such brutal war-fare would have been played out in such a domestic spot. But, what a battle! What a fight it was! The Battle of the Marshmallows will undoubtedly go down in chronicled history of the Trout family for generation upon generation!
Funny ....we’re still finding marshmallows in the oddest and most unlikely places around our house! But aahh...it was worth it! Here we are, posing for battle:
Comments (8)
Now, that will have to become a tradition!
Did Mr. T build his weapon to shoot around corners . . . or is that where he hooks up his compressor?
And did he embed jelly-bellies in his marshmellows?
Oh, my! Sounds like GREAT fun! We couldn't do it at our house.......the ants would have a field day--IN our house! No, thank you!
thats is awesome
Ok...that rocks! The best part is you can eat the leftover ammo after the battle!
thats fun! Mark and Steve were talking about it at the groups new years eve party. I thought it sounded like a great idea!
sweetness
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