Tanner has always wanted to build a model rocket. For his birthday he got a rocket kit. It has just sat in his closet...until now. He decided he wanted to build it and launch it. He very carefully built the rocket. When he was about done, he realized that he didn't have the fuse for the launcher anymore. So, he got creative and stuck a whole bunch of tissue in the rocket for fuel. He begged and begged, so on Sunday afternoon (a couple of weeks ago) we went to the park to launch the rocket.
It didn't go as planned. He lit it, Scott lit it , He lit it, Scott lit it...and still no launch. Finally, Scott got it lit...but it didn't launch...it just burned. It was at that point that we realized that no one had brought any water for an emergency. So, Kyra and I jumped in the car and ran home for some water (yes, while the rocket was still burning). We grabbed what we could find and ran back to the park. What we showed up with....
No, a water bottle isn't going to put out any forest fires, but it was all that we could grab in a hurry. So, we got back to the park and the rocket was history. It finally lit, but it certainly didn't launch. 
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