Abbreviated Cleanup?

when asked to help with putting things away (interrupting lego creation time), seimi grabbed the items to take downstairs, then hollered over his shoulder, "hopefully that's all, because i really need to make something deadly!"

Merry Christmas!

Cozy v.4

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Early 2015 picture

Christmas Cozy!

And just for fun, a couple outtakes...

Weekend

Tonight Ela in inquired if the Mayor had to work this weekend. It's been a year with a lot of work on weekends and holidays and the Mayor was happy to report that he did not have to work tomorrow.  Ela replied, "Oh good! That way we can use your phone for multiplayer Minecraft."

Ant Man!

The Mayor and Hobbit Wife were just finishing watching "Ant Man" when guess who came sprinting out of his room with an enormous grin on his face?  Our very own Ant Man finally managed to escape his room.  His little heart was racing from the thrill of finally accomplishing this feat, and he was rewarded by getting to watch the final scenes of the movie.

Early Boxing Day

The Mayor worked from home today and we all took advantage of a break in the weather to go outside and enjoy the sunshine.  We broke out the boxing gloves and focus mitts for some good practice.  Here's a summary of the hobbitling boys' current boxing skills:

• Boookie gets the boxing timer set for three 2-minute rounds and he's got pretty good cardio to keep going through all three rounds.  He's got a decent jab with the left and a really solid right hand.  He occasionally punches so hard that he hurts his hand, even through his training gloves.
• Seimi gets the boxing timer set for three 1-minute rounds.  Seimi does nothing but crazy punching combinations, most of which end with a kick to the Mayor's shins.  The Mayor has a hard time making it three rounds with this kind of treatment and ends up doing a lot of dodging in the latter rounds to avoid kicks from his 5-year-old robot-boxer-boy.
• Eejee picks the gloves up, puts them on, smiles triumphantly, and then gets distracted and moves on to something else.

Hearts' Delight

One of the best part about the return of delicious winter oranges is the phrase the hobbitlings use when selecting their fruit.  They pick up each piece of fruit and carefully consider, "What is my hearts' delight?"  When they successfully pick a delicious piece of fruit, there is much rejoicing at the satisfaction of a desire fulfilled.

Next time you're picking out fruit, don't forget to pick your hearts' delight!