Thursday, May 7, 2009

Go Climb a Tree: Friday Photo Fiesta

Traditional kid stereotypes place kids in all sorts of precarious predicaments: swimming with no adults, sneaking around town, or climbing as high as they can get in a tree. However, today's kids tend to fall short; sadly, the most adventurous some get is sitting in front of a television screen exercising their thumbs.

Some days this describes my boys as well; they have a mild -- major. .. -- obsession with our Wii. But, today, they were being kids, and for the first time, they went and climbed a tree! Of course, I ran out there with my camera to capture their intrepid launch a mere 4 feet from the ground.



It is so great to see the boys just being boys!

4 comments:

Tiffany McCallen said...

I loved climbing trees as a kid... not that we had good ones for climbing, but still. Glad to see that even your city boys like to act a little bit country every now and then.

Susie said...

That just scream childhood! Such a great memory to capture!

JWilson said...

I remember spending hours upon hours in my grandma's tree. It was one of those perfect climbing types. It doesn't seem like there are many of those kinds around anymore which I find very sad. I'm glad your boys have one to climb.

Unknown said...

LOL ... great photos :-)

My brother broke his arm when he was a kid ... decided he was superman and launched himself off the garage roof with a towel as a cape..

A few minutes previously, I'd jumped off the same roof, using my Mother's tablecloth as a parachute..

I faired better than he did ... that time :-)