Fire building w/ the kids

Mrs.Shotgunner11

Mrs.Shotgunner11

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a fine hoodlum gave my girls magnifying glasses for their psk's last weekend. Kamy found out you could build a fire w/ them and wanted to try. So today I took a break from homework and went outside hell bent on building a fire with her. :sigh:

Here's Kamy w/ her magnifier
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Our pile of goodness that will hopefully rage w/ flames
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What kamy did while I held the magnifier
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all the while she said "wow this is taking a long time. Kindergarten should be over by now".....want to rub it in a little more that it's taking a while?:mad:

WE HAVE SMOKE....DAD TAKE A PICTURE!
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AND THEN.......along comes Beaver with a little play tea cup of water.
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:eek:what were the odds of that little beast losing her balance and spilling the 10 little drops of water that cup held on THE EXACT SPOT WE ALMOST HAD FIRE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:mad:

after that i tried a bit longer but walked away defeated and we went out to dinner. tomorrow we will try again!
 
That's funny. It always seems like when I put my fluffy stuff down, a wind will pop up and roll it into a little bit of water nearby. Just like magic!

It is actually quite challenging to get material to flame directly from a fresnel lens. The easiest approach is to ignite charcloth or a piece of punk wood, then wrap that in your tinder and blow into flames.

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off to try again....it might be late when i come back with results but we'll come back w/ them! i'm NOT taking beaver out with us this time.
 
The fire gods are totally taking a piss on the Mrs. right now.

Pretty funny to watch, just as she gets some smoke aflowin' the sun goes in.:D

Oh, and the Beav dropped a glass candle holder on the patio another time, mommy had to do some damage control on that one.
 
That's awesome Mrs. Shotgunner11. I have a little one and she really digs being out and doing fire starting and shelter building. I look back on these days and hope she always continues to want to hang with ol dad and be outside. Now we have a newest addition and hope I can get him into the same things. Keep up the good work.
 
Wow, that looks so incredibly entertaining! I can't believe y'all didn't call us so we could come watch. :D:D I haven't tried to show the boys this trick yet 'cause it is a real PITA and takes something they're short on... patience.


Richard
 
Most times its more the travel, than the destination. As a father of 2 boys (6 and 11) and a 12 year old girl, I treasure the time spent together, even if they don't turn out as planned. And if my Wife and I do it right, our kids will, years from now, treasure that time together. Also, sometimes , when our kids have to work harder at accomplishing something, they appreciate it more...

Appears to me that you and the Hubby are doing it RIGHT!

Chris
 
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