A Huntin' We Will Go

Philip and I recently acquired a bow and arrows. I have enjoyed archery from the first time I tried it and I think we finally found something The Husband and I can enjoy equally. When shopping for the bow we began interesting conversations with the girls. They love to go around sportsmen stores and look at all the stuffed animals (you know the real animals that have been shot and stuffed). This last time we were talking about the animals and hunting. My girls want to be hunters. They want to shoot and eat an animal. I think the main goal is deer, though they think it would be fun to shoot a bear too. I love that they are able to love animals and at the same time want to eat them. I love that they know where their food comes from and don't just think that meat comes from a grocery store.

On a side note, (that I promise will be related), my kids love playing Zelda. I never played a lot of video games as a kid, but the ones I enjoyed were Tetris and Frogger. There was one level of Donkey Kong that I liked. But I had never played Zelda (until Philip- he sure does broaden my horizons). I stink at video games! My girls don't! Especially Lexi- she figures them out quickly and does well at them. Lately she wants to play Zelda: Ocarina of Time all of the time! I love it (not that she wants to play video games all of the time but that she is able to do more as a kid then I did).

Now, for the connection of the two random subjects. Today, for a majority of the day, Emi was Zelda (though if I'm not mistaken she was technically pretending to be Link, right?). She would tuck her sword and shield into her sweater and go on adventures. I am pretty sure they were dinosaur fighting adventures because Alexis spent most of the day being a dinosaur. This evening I realized that the weight of the sword and shield had been pulling Emi's sweater to an "uncomfortable, slightly choking" stage all day. Poor girl. I made her a sling type wrap to carry her weapons instead. Lexi wanted one too. Then, our creative juices got flowing. We asked Emi about her slingshot and she "made" one from a head band. Then we decided to create for them bows- and eventually arrows. It was so much fun to make and shoot them and the girls enjoyed learning from Daddy. (I wonder how long they will get to keep them before a person gets shot and they loose them).

Alexis' set up. though they later began putting the bow in front.

Nater wanted a sling too, so he found his own.

Learning how from Daddy. It takes lots of practice.