What You Need:
- A child
- A camera
- A sketchbook or blank journal (optional)
What To Do:
1. Pick a few Places to go
2. Take your child, camera
3. Lose your inhibitions and take pictures anywhere and of everything.
4. If you decided on buying a blank sketchbook, print out some pictures and record your adventure.
Some ideas of places to go:
- the Library
- a Museum
- a Mall
- a Coffee Shop
- a Bookstore
- If possible, let your child decide
Ideas to Make your Adventure More Exciting
- Decide on a color that days and see how many things you can find that color.
- Invent a new word to use during Adventure Time that day. Something akin to the way the Smurfs would use "Smurf" for a lot of words.
- Take self-portraits of you and your child.
- Wear funny hats when you go out.
What We Did on our First August Adventure Monday:
It was nearly nap time, and Rooney was fighting sleep. So, I decided to get in the car to put her to sleep. Since I hate to use up gas with no goal in mind, I decided to go to Trader Joe's to get milk-free bread for her. I also like their bread because none of their choices ever seem to have high-fructose corn syrup or partially hydrogenated oil, both of which I avoid. Next to Trader Joe's was a Staples, which was convenient since I needed pen refills.
So we went to Staples first and although I felt a little nervous at first, I took out my camera and snapped a few pictures of her in the store. She loves when she gets to hold anything "adult", so she was pretty happy holding the refill packages while we waited in line.
Then we went to the grocery and snapped a few pictures there, too.
On the way home, we stopped at a Barnes and Noble. She loves to pull books off of the shelf and play on their stage used for story time. She also enjoys climbing in and out of the chairs.
On the way home, she took a wonderful, exhausted nap.
This week I will print out my pictures and write the details of our adventure. And I will start all over again next Monday.
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