Here be Indians...

So we have this feather collection. And the boys decided to make their own feather headgear. (I know that the politically correct term is 'Native American' but the boys called themselves Indians)



Chief Monty

And then there was a game of Pull the Stick. Even the two boys against one-armed Leland couldn't win. :-)

walking with dinosaurs

For once we got extremely lucky. Someone in my office won VIP tickets to a show called 'Walking with dinosaurs' and didn't want to go so he gave them to me. I had never heard of the show, but evidently it is based on a British TV show called 'Walking with dinosaurs'. (Eric and Jenni , maybe you have heard about it?) It is supposed to be an educational show where children learn about dinosaurs and so to speak, walk in the footsteps of dinosaurs.



As was to be expected, Monty did some freaking out when it came time to enter the expo center where the show was held. The sound effects and pictures alone scared him half to death, so Leland had to carry him to our seat.
And our seats were excellent I might ad. We were so close to the podium that Stoney remarked we would get hit by the T-Rex's tale if we didn't watch out.



It was a marvelous show. There was almost real looking gigantic dinosaurs. All of them motorized and remote controlled. More then half of the pictures we took turned out blurry or too dark, but we got a some decent ones

There were Allosauruses, Stegosauruses, Torrosaurus, Raptors, T-Rex and some other ones that we are not sure about what they were.


I tell you, there is nothing quite like having a dinosaur growling right above your head!


Some pictures after the show:



Monty is clearly over his fears: strike a pose!

Atlantic tank wall

We had a lovely 4 day weekend here and we went to visit my parents in the Netherlands.
One of the things we did, was visit the dunes and a park that is there. Also in the park: part of the Atlantic tank wall.


The Nazis build a big concrete wall all along the coasts in Europe to stop a possible invasion by the allies. Fat lot of good that did. :-)
At some places the Atlantic tank wall still exist, because no one bothered to tear it down. Of course, these days it makes a great climbing object for kids like Stoney who see anything as an object that needs to be concurred.



Monty was not so keen on the wall, be seems to have the fear of heights that both his grandmothers have. So he only did some low to the ground climbing.



Luckily there was also some other entertainment for Monty. There is a big area with deer and goats which were much more Monty's cup of tea.

Bunny

Well, after ten years it has finally happened: Leland caved and is letting me have a pet. My first choice would be a cat, but since he is never going to go along with that, I proposed a bunny. Partly inspired by Mary Blakley and her blog post about her kids and their bunnies.
Someone who lives a couple of streets away from us had baby bunnies (her rabbit did, not she herself, that would have been a miracle) and was giving them away, so we got one.
We are calling him Grijsje (there will be a test on how to pronounce that later) which is just Dutch for Little Grey. The kids love him (actually we are not sure if it is a boy or girl).



I was a little worried because our neighbors have a dog and right now the bunny is still small enough to fit through the fence when we let him out of his cage. But no worries, life can be peculiar some times. The neighbors (tiny) dog is scared to death of the bunny and jumps backward - barking loudly - every time the bunny makes a move. The bunny on the other hand, is completely unimpressed by the dog's wild running around and ferocious barking.



Unrelated topic: Monty had his birthday party this weekend, at the same indoor playground that we had Stoney's a couple of months ago.

six

Well, my little boy turned six. It's kind of hard to imagine that he is actually six, partially because he does not behave like he is six most of the time. LOL!

We had a spiderman cake, but of course, our picky children do not like cake...



Side note:
We have a good size living room and there is quite a lot of room to play for the boys. But what do I find when I come down the stairs? Cowboy versus Indian battle by pirate ship - on top of the stove. Children's logic is priceless.