{"id":4171,"date":"2011-07-28T13:48:14","date_gmt":"2011-07-28T20:48:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/?p=4171"},"modified":"2011-07-28T15:01:56","modified_gmt":"2011-07-28T22:01:56","slug":"summer-adventures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/2011\/07\/summer-adventures\/","title":{"rendered":"Summer Adventures"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Cousins<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Did you read that article about playgrounds being so safe that they are boring? The see-saws are gone, as are most swings, merry-go-rounds, or anything with moving parts. When my boys play on the playground, I usually catch them climbing on the Outside of the tube slides because it’s more manly.<\/p>\n

This summer we tried to be really deliberate in our choices for the kids. We chose our vacation and summer activities with the idea that we wanted to provide adventure and opportunities for them to grow. In other words, we didn’t want a homogenized curvy-edged playground summer; we wanted an old fashioned teeter-totter-jungle gym-monkey bridge summer.<\/p>\n

For Paige, this meant some time with grandparents on her own and a two week ballet camp where she lived in the dorms.<\/p>\n

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4th of July Parade. Expression doesn't capture her enthusiasm.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Character dance<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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She's somewhere in this photo on the right.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Roommate<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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For Daniel, adventure meant a tennis camp around the corner and then 9 days with my parents on his own. Daniel kept a journal of his trip which he read to me. Wow. What a good, busy time.<\/p>\n

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Grandma made sure he felt welcome.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Collecting dead wood<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Fire!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Concrete work<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Most of Timothy’s adventures involved rocks, water, and cousins. This kid loved riding the tube behind the wave runner and really improved his swimming skills.<\/p>\n

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treasure hunt<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n


\n<\/a>And now we come to Mark, who found adventures aplenty.<\/p>\n

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Bicycle rides through mud puddles<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Yes, he crossed this rickety bridge over the raging river, but he was tethered to his dad when he did it. This bridge looks like it came out of an Indiana Jones movie. All the boys crossed this again and again.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

As the summer activities come to an end, I reflect on the value of getting out of the desert so we could spend time outdoors, build relationships with extended family, and experience adventure and even risk to help us grow and develop. It has been a good summer for the Ross family.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Did you read that article about playgrounds being so safe that they are boring? The see-saws are gone, as are most swings, merry-go-rounds, or anything with moving parts. When my boys play on the playground, I usually catch them climbing on the Outside of the tube slides because it’s more manly. This summer we tried … Continue reading Summer Adventures<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,16,11,13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4171","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-adventurous-kids","category-art","category-extended-family","category-family-time"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4171","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4171"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4171\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4199,"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4171\/revisions\/4199"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4171"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4171"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4171"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}