bow and arrows

Lev loved fighting with sit is, making bows and arrows, and blow darts.
Often the homemade bows and arrows wouldn't work that well, but the fun was on the creation of it, figuring out what rainforest wood was best for the bow.
Lev likes going out and chopping things with a machete, too. Last trip to Costa Rica Lev brought back a machete, and when our weed whacker broke, he tried to trim our grass and blackberries with his machete. It wasn't sharp enough and he was so happy when Jaal used his Dremel to sharpen it for him.
One nice memory was when Jaal and Jordan discovered how to make blow darts in Monteverde. They would fill a jar with beans to hold them while they dried, cut up metal hangers for the darts, and glue paper cones on the end so that when blown through a PVC pipe they would shoot out with great accuracy. Lev didn't show much interest until he saw the final product. All of a sudden, his brother was cool, a genius, the maker of a fabulous tool. I was afraid that someone would lose an eye, as they would fly over twenty meters accurately. They enjoyed many hours making them, and peppering our banana plants with sharp darts, which would pierce the plants quite easily. It was great to see them playing so nicely together, like they would when we went to the beach.

Last year, Jaal and Mark began making the darts again, but now Lev had moved on to a store bough bow and arrow, and last spring, I finally let him buy an airsoft gun. He found it wonderful and fascinating at first, but then, like most things, he lost interest and moved on to something new.