I really love activities that don't involve us driving ANYWHERE. My main goal in life (okay, ONE of my main goals in life...), is to end up living somewhere very walkable. We lived in such a place a little over a year ago and I mourn its loss every. single. nice. day. Really. We could walk to the library, the grocery store, a nice park, the school, a pet store, an ice cream shop, restaurants galore, a Barnes and Noble, a bakery...I need to stop before I start sobbing uncontrollably.
Now we can walk to an...okay park, a Seven Eleven, and a UDF. Oh, and an Ace Hardware. You better believe we have family home evening Slurpee runs (walks...). Oh yeah, keepin' it classy.
Anyway, from this obsession, this activity was born. Today, Grace, Luke and I went on a picture scavenger hunt. I made a list of things for Grace to find, and Grace and I took turns taking pictures once she found them.
#1: Something hard. What's harder than concrete? Nothing, I tell you.
#2 Something blue. No cars were hurt in the act of this scavenger hunt. Smudged? Perhaps...
#3 Something with a letter from Grace's name. She was thrilled about this one.
#4: Something that makes Grace smile. I think that if I hadn't intervened at least a little bit, Grace would have found some way to make a car fit into every category. I think it is the color in particular that she found pleasing in this photo.
#5: Something that someone built. She struggled a little with this one, but finally settled on this curb. And what a lovely invention the curb is...
#7: Something red. These were by far the simplest search and discover topics, but definitely Grace's favorite.
#8: Something beautiful. Felt a little awkward taking a picture of a random neighbor's doorstep, but...the scavenger hunt must go on. And who's going to object to having their wreath immortalized as a thing of beauty? :)
#9: Something that Heavenly Father made for us. Grace loves this long branch and never fails to express joy while walking under it. She refers to it as her "tunnel." Definitely a gift from God to a four year old.
#10: Something stinky. Easy peasy. This guy's stench is legendary.
#11: Something that belongs to us. Grace added this category herself. For some odd reason, she loves our minivan. The jury's still out on my end...
#12: Something funny. This motorcycle has become Grace's and my private joke. Every time we see it, we giggle to ourselves about how it's wearing a dress. :)
And thus ended the scavenger hunt. Grace has been wanting to do it again ever since.
