Sunday Afternoon Well Spent

Hello Blogosphere.  Yes, it's us.  The Withers Clan.  Yes, we own a calendar and I do realize that it's been about 10 months since my last post.  A lot has kept us busy since then.  More on that later (will plan a catch-up post.)  But right now, let's dive in to how we spent our Sunday afternoon.  Super summer fun!!!

Our great friend Allison sent me a link to how to build your own Kid Car Wash.  I checked it out and decided it was something the Withers Boys needed to have.  One trip to Lowe's, one trip to the Dollar Store, and about $30-35 later and here we are!  So.Much.Fun.

Here it is, ready to go!

Noah and Eli are already enjoying it and the water isn't even on yet!

Just like a real car wash

Pure. Summer. Happy.

I must give big props to Nathan, who didn't flinch when I showed him the idea and said, "Here.  Build this!"  He's such a great Daddy!  We had a great afternoon of fun with he boys.  Good memories to last a lifetime!

If you'd like to check this out and make your own, here's the link we used. 

 http://www.thescrapshoppeblog.com/2012/06/best-pvc-pipe-car-wash-tutorial.html

It's really very simple.  The "magic" ingredients are lawnscape misters and sponge balls.  A few of the misters go a long way.  We used 17 of them in our Kid Car Wash and it was PLENTY (probably too many to be honest.)  Sponge balls are super easy to make.  There's a link on how to make them in the tutorial, too.  We used some to hang in the Kid Car Wash and kept the extras to use as scrubbies for the cars and just to throw around.  Much better and easier than water balloons!  The pool noodles were my idea - I bought four of them, cut them up, and hung them on the end of the wash.  Just like in the real drive-thru car wash!

Thanks for stopping by The Withers Blog.  There will be more soon, I promise!

~Abby