My oldest is developing a gift for veiled understatement.
Me: "Why does it make me nervous that Maddie wants to make a slingshot?"
Tess: "I have no idea. Does it have something to do with the fact that she and Micah argue alot?"
Against my judgment, I assist this endeavor. Raising up a future generation of nerds requires some dedication and a minor tolerance for risk. We sacrificed an industrial rubber band, a stick and a bit of duct tape to build the thing. Maddie is off to the woods to test fire it. Here's hoping that my homeowner's deductibles having risen by tomorrow morning.
(50 minutes later)
Update. Maddie is back from the park and the slingshot didn't work. Thank goodness. Hopefully tomorrow's dangerous goal will be something that doesn't assume good aim around other people's cars (like mixing dynamite for instance).
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