More May

Ninja Warrior Eejee

Some sort of odd game going on in the backyard.

Eejee had "hippucks" and wanted to be wrapped up. He got wrapped up and got a bonus warrior burial, with the weapons of his fallen foes at his feet.

What started as an acute lack of interest in getting to bed last night ended up in all of Michael Delving sleeping in a giant nest.

Beautiful May

With the completion of the shop, we have been enjoying more opportunities to play in May.

Ela returning with armsful of great purchases after a shopping excursion with GranDma.

Cracking up at a brufkist of black coffee and Cinnabon.

Beautiful May sunset-illuminated double rainbow.

Ela received a letter via owl post on her eleventh birthday, informing her that she has been admitted to Hogwarts.

We had a small birthday celebration to celebrate our beautiful princess.

With the beautiful weather, there has been much running amok.

Seimi with a big ship he built with blocks from the Mayor's childhood, designed and built by the Mayor's grandfathers.

Smallest driveway warrior in action!

Tradition links grilling with foam weapon battles in the driveway.

The Baldachin with lights hung up!

The Mayor's shop is getting more and more moved into. In the two weeks since the Mayor completed the shop, he has been into his office but twice, but he has greatly enjoyed being able to work from his shop. In the foreground is Step 1 in the Mayor's to-do list of cheap Ikea furniture to repair.

Happy Birthday Eejee

Yesterday we went to the zoo to celebrate Eejee's fourth birthday. It was a beautiful day and we got the best view ever of the lion.

Eejee playing with one of the river otters.

Eejee wrestling with one of the bronze otters.

Seimi riding a bronze snow leopard.

The annual school picture for Northwest Farthingshire Institute for Hobbits Who Want to Read Good and Learn Other Stuff.

Birthday Squeege.

Mr. Seimi Lion

 The ever-beautiful Ela

The strong almost-teenage Boookie

May Update

This picture of Eejee pretty much sums things up. There have been some fun and delightful times but there has been a lot of hard work around Michael Delving lately.

Hobbitlings sorting out loot from their nighttime Easter egg hunt. The weather was miserable so we did the event inside.

Eejee keeping the Mayor company as the Mayor works on drywall in the shop.

The upstairs flooring in progress

The shop flooring in progress - very loud progress. The Mayor rented a board planer for the day and that thing was super dull and super loud. The planer ended up scarring up the Mayor's shop flooring perfectly for the desired industrial look.

Drawing-oriented hobbitlings hard at work in the backyard.

Ela putting her Greek mythology study to costume. She created an Ariadne costume, complete with ball of string.

Hobbitlings using their tools to work on the play structure.

Hobbitlings have also been using real tools to help the Mayor on the shop.

At the end of last week, the hobbitlings helped the Mayor move all his stuff into his shop. It was quite the task, as the Mayor's tools were distributed in the yard, Spare Oom, the Bunker, the Big Room, the Cellar, the Pantry, and other random places.

The Mayor's stuff has a home!  Organization will be implemented, but for now, the Mayor is simply enjoying the existence of his shop.

The completed, closed-out-permit shop.

The cherry on the parfait is Boookie inheriting lawn duties from the Mayor.