The view...

out our kitchen window!

Tonight, after dinner, Matt set out to mow the yard while I cleaned up the kitchen.  The boys quickly put on their shoes to join their dad outside.  While I was washing the dishes (yes, we still hand wash the dishes at our house...and yes we do have a dishwasher..that we only use when we have friends or family over..), I looked out the window and the boys had their water guns full and were up in their fort squirting Matt as he mowed beneath them. Giggles could be heard above the sound of the mower.  Matt gave them a stern look and then turned around with a grin.  Soon, Matt was done mowing around the fort and off the boys went running after him, to squirting him some more.  They made countless trips to the pool to refill their guns.  Levi must have thought he was not getting Matt wet enough with the gun, because I saw him unscrew the water container off the gun and try to dump the water on Matt!  The only thing was he missed and dropped the container of water, Matt quickly grabbed it and dumped it on Levi. That was the end of it for him...he ran down to the window to asked me for a towel.