{"id":3403,"date":"2011-08-28T15:29:00","date_gmt":"2011-08-28T15:29:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stevegrossblog.com\/?p=3403"},"modified":"2026-10-02T01:35:57","modified_gmt":"2026-10-02T01:35:57","slug":"playing-in-the-great-outdoors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stevegrossblog.com\/?p=3403","title":{"rendered":"Playing in the Great Outdoors"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Our kids got plenty of fresh air while we were in Haiti.\u00a0 Every time we turned around, the kids were outside, exploring, playing or trying to communicate with their new friends.<\/p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEi3Nz4LXMyzJL_k_CREwbYiFcsER4xEqAEkQz2KFljwKyhODXA9drNTHC6HrZmTvklUQrOqqK4GN7HrCDmGI6yjOTnDMq3y4BoGOZZ0N-8tTb7G9v2L1B_7wAwRGCQXj3P9i5y-_R_FcJ8\/s640\/Haiti+July+2011+097.JPG\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEgPoCvsvtFd2KMaM21f33zhkM6lSd51c8myd_iAGvB25HJzTuGthOI6nybz96dZ8Ao7C_tNz9p5SmvXMDsKPoJSb_ql57bCgIWY7GISrWDwrUZv0IrG0mVoASGIgmAwgD-e0PuWxOs63Mo\/s640\/Haiti+July+2011+112.JPG\" alt=\"\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Mosquito bites on the Drama Queen&#039;s legs.\u00a0 At one point, she counted 50 bites on one leg!\u00a0 But, thank God, no malaria problems!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEgcf17xnCL5eXkRScgiD8pCG-0gjb9VrN8QKTcU3w54GrfxLezCdVzJsH3QKSMBd3csnADrrN7O2mGtgFX0uWZrwujZZnoOh0qp6Un0lZyRZbIHquEv7pjp2HMLyjQrYRVKasXV103ymSs\/s640\/Haiti+July+2011+113.JPG\" alt=\"\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">This rope swing outside the Bundys&#039; house got a lot of use.\u00a0 Here, Dats and Ida play on the swing with Woud, the son of Dr. Rodni.\u00a0 Woud is six years old and quite a character.\u00a0 In the days since we returned to Indiana, my kids often have said they miss Woud.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEi_LOOyflfiw0PBK-Xhsa-xG4z4XGGgzLOcQpI0mjcapRvQG2SKjTVjog2FrfxS8znNKxHTq3bjyVJsKmfyJKA7r053RpZ370FF2Fj2Hg19H1LFDMGNfJBtZGuP0bYV2d3bJLuAxIe9enE\/s640\/Haiti+July+2011+118.JPG\" alt=\"\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Woud, the wild man, is ready to do battle.\u00a0 Later in the week, he managed to kick Ida in the face while doing battle on this swing and left a large mark on Ida&#039;s lip.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEiyIkZMwP-4gUGHpDAy12MolVUWvAa4OVTqjM6gSY9_iWZ9VToNGc-HfcVKJFuNFUHJE0B5_MfH6TcY9kd9n-VG7k1q-wDylylHR2vHx-6sj6JZOHm8Gd1QiTS-m0p8Bq4KziatFYvKw8I\/s640\/Haiti+July+2011+120.JPG\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEh2pWKWfZyCwZxE3YOnIV0nPUy-UdmnpinxINVO3xLlwErJj1p1nKRydUF_ezG38XIbW0tjHESFuj8aAoYybZXAld-8p7O9BAqzwF1Sswpw-DESl40Xn_0nCiM49UTKYQwW-1iXMdRoNCI\/s640\/Haiti+July+2011+123.JPG\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEgcLN7lnuHmQWuShcsWY06eCyjmYoigniTYvREVTazz-nCbaeF4kseLz192juu2AbSK9NiIA7_HNQXjED6sTJNGum_FUnPSrCJzg77VHB_rUk6yZCzz7OPocJSSZ3byIq9KHYb4IR1woMY\/s400\/Haiti+July+2011+127.JPG\" alt=\"\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">I told Woud I wanted a picture and this was his pose.\u00a0 He\u00a0has been\u00a0working on his English and is pretty good&#8230;\u00a0 I could tell because after I took this picture, I said, &quot;Why so serious, Woud?&quot; and then he gave me the following expression &#8230;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEiRDGhxpnFAI2U9SCwnEybmaE46PnKmMs0PzC0bxUKiUxZif-nNFLmp0G4clNLy2IQ4jnHH2RaHy3bC8okpgYdaMGQ4632z5dqmgoJaXXyKWtwB7TAD1RvxCJ9JeedrzsWTBSlenFXkojo\/s640\/Haiti+July+2011+129.JPG\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEhjoDeoS6_VKv_lYKNgqmb3L4AfHf2TxISUA7dMGxDgsMyqhXzj2JNHItuVkX2lLPFWmioVu7bjzKx-xtBTiMB2NuOT4pGzNO6ZhNYbvw-_y7Iv_v4rBtsUvNa8nYjeNlqL6DaPWjT75vw\/s640\/Haiti+July+2011+132.JPG\" alt=\"\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The Princess and Woud also did battle at times.\u00a0 One day The Princess came into the house crying and covered in dirt from head to toe &#8211; she had gotten into a fight with Woud over a stick &#8230; and lost.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEhZtjGqQjcKP1Rc5qh7t6D9npfHYyGnSH43svfS-cj5nXWIfooWmOxUWo87EjK84Ekp6tvy-SJKWM1NVSUS-JyGGcEbLbkIX_Tx4oQVFYNC8aAX2kxe5fwCk-0jEKr7xghte40QEVOcvKY\/s640\/Haiti+July+2011+137.JPG\" alt=\"\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">I know this isn&#039;t the &quot;great outdoors&quot;, but I include it here because when our kids weren&#039;t playing outside, it seemed like they were browsing around the gift shop that Jane stocks with local crafts.\u00a0 The kids spent literally hours in this little square room, trying to pick out the perfect gifts for friends and relatives back home and souvenirs for themselves.\u00a0 This got started one day when Jane employed The Drama Queen in cleaning and reorganizing and restocking the gift shop.\u00a0 DQ LOVED it and worked hard.\u00a0 She&#039;s excited because Jane said that this could perhaps be DQ&#039;s ongoing ministry once we move to Haiti.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our kids got plenty of fresh air while we were in Haiti.\u00a0 Every time we turned around, the kids were outside, exploring, playing or trying to communicate with their new friends.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3404,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3403","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stevegrossblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3403","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stevegrossblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stevegrossblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stevegrossblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stevegrossblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3403"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/stevegrossblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3403\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3413,"href":"https:\/\/stevegrossblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3403\/revisions\/3413"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stevegrossblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3404"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stevegrossblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3403"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stevegrossblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3403"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stevegrossblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3403"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}