Fox and Hounds

Another addition to our growing collection of vintage boardgames.

The box and board sold me right away.

Then I opened it and found the tiny metal fox and hounds and I was in love.

Did I mention there's a spinner with a galleon ship on it?

Too good to be true.

Prehistoric

Our fabulous science museum is hosting a dinosaur exhibit. You can bet we were there!

Animatronic dinosaurs, video games. a rock climbing wall and a zipline.

Tons of prehistoric educational fun.

Don't Burst My Bubble

I was so sad this Spring because I was sure that my boys had grown too big for sidewalk chalk and bubbles. It just isn't Spring without sidewalk chalk and bubbles. So I was thrilled when they asked me to get out this new bubble set. Apparently, little bubbles are no longer fun but giant bubbles are awesome.

Thank goodness.

Basketball

This is how we spent our Thursday evenings for the past two months.

Soccer

This is how we've been spending the past two months of Saturdays.

Domo Arigato, Mr. Roboto

O put together his solar powered robot.

It worked like a charm

He was one happy guy.

A Windy Day

The weekend before last we had the windiest day. We dusted off our kite and headed straight for the park. Unfortunately the wind was too much for our little discount kite.

(The one in the photo belonged to someone else. I shamelessly stole the photo opportunity.)

So, we spent our time playing soccer followed by a game of freeze tag on the playground.

All in all, a fine day!

Dread Pirate

So you may have noticed by now that nautical stuff is pretty popular around our house.

Dread Pirate is one of our new favorite games.

It has a tiny little jolly roger flag, gemstones and gold coins.

Once you become Dread Pirate you get to raid the gold on Dread Island.

What's not to love?

Broadside

This past Christmas gave us lots of new board games including one of our new favorites-Broadside.

It's a sort of naval chess.

I just love all the little ships and sails.

O loves all the strategies and planning.

He beats me every time.

Lights Out

Tuesday night in the midst of the storm, right in the middle of dinner, our power went out.

Heavy ice and fallen branches had brought down power lines all over the city.

We finished our dinner by candlelight.

The boys played checkers by flashlight.

We told ghost stories and made shadow puppets on the ceiling.

It was all fun and games until we woke up the next morning.

The house was freezing cold.

We left to go hang out at the science museum all day while we waited for the power to come back on.

Encased in Ice

Another winter storm has swept over us with more to come. Everything outside is encased in a glittering layer of ice. The boys were off school today. We made cinnamon rolls and played Dread Pirate.

P.S. I just figured out how to make my pictures big on blogger. Hooray!

Was I the last person to learn how to do this?

P.P.S. More vacation pictures soon!

Christmas Cheer

The boys' favorite Christmas gift, by far. Balloons have been whizzing through our house since Saturday.

Seashore goodness.

Gifts from my boys.

Stocking stuffers for me.

Stocking stuffers for my boys.

Santa was so very good to us this year. He stacked piles of presents beneath the tree and filled our stockings to overflowing. We spent the day eating and playing and lounging and having way too much candy. We listened to Christmas carols, watched A Christmas Story and went outside to play in real, genuine Christmas snow.
A truly magical day.