Friday, July 2, 2010

So the Adventures of the Three Little Indians

Well the other day I babysat the 2 kids of one of the Noah's staff members. As soon as I got there though, the kids, a 10 year old boy and an 8 year old girl, informed me that I was not their babysitter (because they are not babies and they do not sit), but their Adventure Program Director.

I knew I was in over my head as soon as they said that.

After getting a tour of their house, they gave me 2 feathers for my hair, a bandana, and an indian shirt, and they informed me that we were going to "the farm." Now as I have said earlier, my imagination is tiny. But these kids lived in a whole different world at this farm. They have a fort on "Adventure Island" and get daily missions from "Mr. Orville" and have to avoid a "wicked witch." Thankfully Mr. Orville gave us the day off after we got there, but it was actually really cool and refreshing to see the creativity and innocence that these 2 kids still have. It was nice to be able to run through fields, wade through streams, and just play outside. And I brought my camera, so I ended up just taking the pictures the whole time, and pretending like we were on a photography adventure. They played along, and even made me write about it in their "The Adventures of the 3 Little Indians" book that is made out of construction paper tied together with ribbon, that all of their Adventure Program Directors have to write in at the end of every day of adventures. So that was my day, but here are some of the pictures:




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2 comments:

  1. Sara BethJuly 6, 2010 at 6:20 AM

    Caught up on your blog.
    Love it. Wow, Liz. A) Your pictures are AMAZING!!!!! B) I love the honesty and insightfulness you've been writing with. It really makes me feel connected and like I know whats going on even though I'm not there.
    And all that about not having an imagination - not true. I'm sorry, you thought up Nedrina. That's all I'm going to say. Haha, but I do understand what you meant with that statement. ;)

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  2. AnonymousJuly 11, 2010 at 7:56 AM

    This is just magical. I agree with Sara Beth completely and I'm WOW'ed by your photographs! They look professionally done and are really well composed. Little Angel. Yes you write so colloquially I'm also taken to a little land (that land being relate-a-land) where I feel like I understand your world out there in CO.
    Btw, it is so funny to think about last year now. My gosh, last YEAR? Wowzers time went by fasstttt. I feel very very blessed that I got to ride on that roller coaster along with you Gabriel.
    Btw again, tar balls in your background on the beach. Foreshadowing. c:

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