Super Seniors

My mom has been thinking it would be fun to get together with the rest of my graduation class and do something before summer was too far gone. The other day, she thought of doing a water themed party at my house! Before long, she had all kinds of ideas and had already emailed all the seniors and families about it. 

We have hosted parties before and when there are lots of kids (or just fun adults) we have set up a big slip n slide in our front yard! We get this huge tarp- 20 feet wide, and 100 feet long, and put it down on the grass in my front pasture. We get sprinklers and hoses and SOAP. Lots of soap. There is a little bit of slope, so that works well, and you run and slide down the tarp! We also spent the day before filling up countless water balloons for games that my mom had planned. 

Finally the day came, we set up the slip n slide, got the balloons out, dad rolled the grill down to the yard, we set up tents and tables, and we were ready for everyone to arrive.

As soon as they were all there, we started the slip n slide. It was chilly at first, but it helped that the tarp was black and it was sunny! They all loved it. Some of them would slide down and have somebody throw them a balloon from way up at the top to see if they could catch it. 

We then moved on to a water balloon toss, and the second round, where you had to put soap on the balloon! 

Eventually, everyone was cleaned up and ready to eat. The dads grilled the meat and and we all had a good time eating together. It was a fun afternoon and a great opportunity to get to know the class a little better. Hopefully, we will do more activities together before our senior year is over.