Pretending to be Ty

Ranger Ty is the ranger up at the boys’ favorite campsite and he soberly swore them in as junior rangers this afternoon. Later, I caught a video of L2 pretending to be Ranger Ty and swearing in L3 as a junior ranger. The video cut off just as L2 was pinning the badge on L3 and missed L3’s sober response to L2 of “Thank you, Junior Ranger.”

Later, when my camera wasn’t near, I saw L3 pretending to be Ranger Ty and swearing L2 in as a junior ranger.

L3: As junior ranger

L2 roughly copies

L3: I, Niah, to take care of the park

L2 roughly copies

L3 (at a loss temporarily) and take care of the house

L2 copies

L3: and take care of the bathrooms

…I didn’t catch how they wrapped up. A pesky chipmunk snuck up on the table and started chowing down L3’s half eaten banana. But I think L2 helped him wrap up with a “take care of nature” sentence.

The boys are busy discussing whether they want to be rangers or camp hosts when they grow up. L2 place on building his own campground near Glacier and calling it Eagle Lake Campground. And he’ll get to fly a helicopter to fight forest fires.