Today I took the kids (except for Kate who is busy earning *student service hours* by helping run a community flea market of some type) to a Boy Scout outdoor activities day...
Imagine acorns falling from 75 foot tall trees while you're standing in a dusty clearing watching your kids try to hit an archery target 15 feet away from them... In 85 degree heat and plenty of humidity! Now imagine your toddler trying her hardest to enter the shooting range which was decorated in part by some animal targets- like deer and bears. It was... challenging. The kids hit the targets at least, I think. Not sure if Luke did, but at least he tried! And he'll earn an "archery belt loop" to add to his Cub Scouts uniform...
After archery, we trekked down a rather long path which included several bridges and steep steps to arrive at a little pond where there was fishing, kayaking, canoeing... Josie was pretty much at the end of her rope, with it being nap time and there being nothing for her to do. But the kids were able to fish long enough for Luke to nearly snag several people with his hook. When the hook was actually in the pond, he almost caught some algae. Almost, but not quite. Isabel and Steven managed to entangle their lines AND twist the tangled mess in the only branch that was hanging over the fishing area. The helpers had to cut the lines to free the fishing poles... Anyway, that was fishing. And we were not able to make it to canoeing or kayaking because of the time it would take to walk over to that area, not to mention the fact that Josie wouldn't be able to do anything over there either.
So although the kids were disappointed, I give myself an "A" for even attempting anything like this!
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