The "not a potato" gun

The boys spent several after school hours in the shop this week making an amazing firing device. I thought it was a potato gun, but I was informed it was in fact not because instead of shooting a potato, it shoots a specifically created wooden peg with a streamer on the end so they can find it after each firing. I think the thing is pretty cool personally.

It takes two to shoot it. One to point to barrel and one to pump the air.

Timothy taking careful aim.

Benjamin, running the plunger. He noted that it looked like he was detonating dynamite. :D

In which Emily gives the gun a shot... :D

In which Rosie shoots the amazing gun. Or aims I guess I should say. Benjamin set it specially for her with lower pressure, but it still made a great noise!

Before I took pictures of the gun, I was picking raspberries in the orchard and John showed me that he in fact knows how to climb trees. Here he climbs one side of the recently deceased apple tree in the orchard.

Here he climbs the other side of the tree. He bounced up and down on this branch for a while telling me I needed to take the next picture...

Here he demonstrates his adept abilities at jumping out of the said tree and landing on all fours. Yep, looks like he is pretty good at it!