{"id":961,"date":"2008-10-12T23:12:35","date_gmt":"2008-10-12T14:12:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/2008-10-12\/961"},"modified":"2008-10-12T23:12:35","modified_gmt":"2008-10-12T14:12:35","slug":"kid-play-tractor-treader-blow-up-rolly-thing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/2008-10-12\/961","title":{"rendered":"Kid Play: “Tractor Treader” Blow Up Rolly Thing"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
<\/a>\nNikon D200 + Nikkor 17-55mm f\/2.8 @ 17 mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>2000 sec, f<\/span>\/3.2, ISO 320 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nIn the Tractor Treader<\/span>\nSummer 2008\n<\/div>\n\n

My folks gave the “Tractor Treader” thing you see above to Anthony about four years ago, on his 2nd birthday. He wasn't quite ready for it at the time,\nnor, frankly, was I because<\/span> lacking any kind of pump, it took 30 minutes of huffing and puffing and getting dizzy to blow it up....<\/p>\n\n

<\/a>\nBlowing Up The “Tractor Treader”<\/span>\nFour years ago: Fall 2004\n<\/div>\n\n

Anthony was scared to climb in and roll around in it, but he didn't mind climbing through it to get onto me...<\/p>\n\n

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(These last two are from my old family picture site<\/a> that I no<\/span> longer update because I now<\/span>\nput so many pictures up on my blog<\/a>.)<\/p>\n\n

We brought it to my folks' place on our trip to The States this\nsummer<\/a>, where gentle slopes are aplenty and an air compressor is at\nhand. Now approaching<\/span> six years old, Anthony was much more interested this\ntime.<\/p>\n\n

<\/a>\nKonica-Minolta Maxxum 7D @ 28 mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>125 sec, f<\/span>\/4, ISO 100 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nSlightly Apprehensive<\/span>\nPhoto by my sister Marci<\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n
<\/a>\nKonica-Minolta Maxxum 7D @ 60 mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>60 sec, f<\/span>\/5.6, ISO 100 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nCrashing: the Real Fun<\/span>\nPhoto by Anthony's Aunt Marci<\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n

Anthony seemed more interested in crashing and flopping out (in\nelaborately staged, exaggerated productions) than rolling around in it.\nThat seems to be his tendancy. It was the<\/span> same way a couple<\/span> of weeks ago\nwhen we had our Slippery\nGreen Slidy Day of Fun<\/a>, where he enjoyed sliding down the hill, but\nthrilled in<\/i> big noisy elaborate exaggerated crashes at the end.<\/p>\n\n

Anyway, back to this last summer, Anthony's two-year-old cousin Josh (my\nsister's oldest) was much more willing to try it than Anthony was at that\nage...<\/p>\n\n

<\/a>\nKonica-Minolta Maxxum 7D @ 28 mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>160 sec, f<\/span>\/5.6, ISO 100 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nJosh Tries It Hamster Style<\/span>\nPhoto by Josh's Mommy<\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n

Anthony tried pushing Josh in it a bit.<\/span>..<\/p>\n\n

<\/a>\nKonica-Minolta Maxxum 7D @ 100 mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>640 sec, f<\/span>\/7.1, ISO 100 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nPhoto by Marci Kreta<\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n

Oddly, though, neither were nearly as excited as I would<\/span> have thought.\n(Heck, I<\/i> wanted to give it a try,<\/span> and would have if it were a lot<\/span> bigger.)\nEventually, the call of\ntoys<\/a>\nand a sand pile<\/a> took over, and they were off...<\/p>\n\n

<\/a>\nNikon D200 + Nikkor 70-200mm f\/2.8 @ 75 mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>3000 sec, f<\/span>\/3.2, ISO 400 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nOff to the Sand Pile<\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n
<\/a>\nNikon D200 + Nikkor 70-200mm f\/2.8 @ 125 mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>2000 sec, f<\/span>\/3.2, ISO 400 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nMakin' Tracks<\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n

Later, Josh found that he enjoyed it most when he stood inside and just flopped over...<\/p>\n\n\n

<\/a>\nKonica-Minolta Maxxum 7D @ 28 mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>160 sec, f<\/span>\/4.5, ISO 100 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nPrepared to Flop<\/span>\nPhoto by Josh's Mommy<\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n
<\/a>\nKonica-Minolta Maxxum 7D @ 28 mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>160 sec, f<\/span>\/4.5, ISO 100 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nSuccessful Floppification<\/span>\nPhoto by Josh's Mommy<\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n
<\/a>\nKonica-Minolta Maxxum 7D @ 28 mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>160 sec, f<\/span>\/4, ISO 100 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nMy New Home<\/span>\nPhoto by Josh's Mommy<\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n

Still later, they did some kind of play that combined the Tractor\nTreader with some cheap plastic golf clubs (clubs that I'd bought last year\nfor $4.87 at WalMart, and got more than my money's worth in the resulting\nphotos that appeared on last summer's Kid in the Country: Golf<\/a>\npost.)<\/p>\n\n

<\/a>\nKonica-Minolta Maxxum 7D @ 60 mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>100 sec, f<\/span>\/6.3, ISO 100 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nDoing.... Er.... Something<\/span>\nPhoto by Anthony's Aunt Marci<\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

My folks gave the \"Tractor Treader\" thing you see above to Anthony about four years ago, on his 2nd birthday. He wasn't quite ready for it at the time, nor, frankly, was I because lacking any kind of pump, it took 30 minutes of huffing and puffing and getting dizzy to blow it up....<\/p>

Anthony was scared to climb in and roll around in it, but he didn't mind climbing through it to get onto me...<\/p>

(These last two are from my old family picture site that I no longer update because I now put so many pictures up on [...]","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/961"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=961"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/961\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=961"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=961"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=961"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}