Boys and Their Toys (sigh)

Last October we had a Brave themed birthday party for our youngest. One of the party games we had was homemade bows from PVC pips and arrows form dowels found in the hardware/craft stores. Even though these arrows had sponge tips, they still can do some damage, simply because the shaft is wooden.

So what is the issue with these arrows we made almost a year ago? Well, on multiple occasions the boys have pulled them out for "target practice." Even though we have told them not to use them in the back yard. Until yesterday. 

This is where they really messed up. Both Corbyn and Jairon had been asked to pick up the arrows they had played and put them back in the garage. Several times. Yesterday while I was skype-ing with Frank (Dad) Celidah suddenly heard an odd sounding crack.

The cracking sound was different that what we normally hear if one of Ava's balls hits the window. She opened the curtain and freaked out. The window was broken. Jairon had darted out of the backyard to the front yard. Oh goodness this kid KNEW he was in trouble. Thank goodness he did not lie about what he did, or he would have been in even more trouble.

Today I took both boys (involved) to the military housing office and let them ask for a maintenance ticket on the window. (Something neither wanted to do.) Then they had to let them know that their father wants them to work with someone from housing giving 20 of community service since at their ages finding a summer job will be hard.

Now we get to wait and see just how much the window will cost to fix, and Thursday or Friday, we should have an estimated cost for the repair of this broken window.

Oh and guess what boys! Before you get to start helping on base, I have a garage that needs cleaning!