After a day and a half stuck on the couch, the kids needed a little fresh air. James was still coughing, but had been basically fever-free all day (high of 99.8 in the morning). He didn't have a whole lot of energy, but more then yesterday, so outside we went to paint and help daddy finish raking the leaves.
At one point, James started building a "pretend" fire on the sidewalk, and daddy told him that if he moved it to the gravel, he would actually light it for him. Thus followed a lesson on building campfires (teepee vs. log cabin techniques) and discussion of future plans to join the Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts (we're getting really close to Tiger Cub age!)
Cora and James each built their own fire ring.
Lighting them up!
Since they know how to stack sticks now, we told them that building the campfire pit is their job the next time we go camping (which thrilled them, of course).
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Girl Scouts and Boy Scouts, that sounds like so much fun! And you guys would make awesome leaders! ;)
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