We have several rain barrels that we use to…
collect rain, of course.

The only problem has been that we haven’t had any rain in two months and the barrels were just sitting there empty.

So the boys decided to put them to another use:

Remember the movie Pete’s Dragon where Nora and the tavern guys all walk on the beer barrels until they explode?  I think the boys are hoping to get good enough to someday do that. 

Here they are in action:

This is why I rarely buy them toys!