Michael Delving

Tuesday, January 30, 2018

January Post

January has been a busy month, so here is a pictorial update of significant occurrences. The Hobbit Wife and Ela went to California to visit Great Grandma Ruth, so the Mayor took the lads to the Museum of Flight.

The following day, the Mayor resumed work on the shop, assisted by the lads.

While the Mayor and Boookie were digging a trench for grounding rod, Seimi and Eejee were recreating Christmas. They set up a track around boxes and they re-opened all their Christmas presents.

Last Friday, all the hobbits had a "Books and Chocolate" cozy evening. Cookies were made, books were opened, everyone was left in peace, and although the Mayor and Eejee went to bed before 10, everyone else stayed up until 1 in the morning.

The next morning, this note appeared on top of the cookies. Around Michael Delving, once food has reached leftover status, it generally becomes the "lawful prey" of the Hobbit Wife. Ela co-opted the practice to claim the rest of the cookies for hobbitlings.

The Mayor continues work on the shop, with the latest addition being electricity, which is now connected and inspected. Next stop is insulation and drywall.

Monday, January 1, 2018

Happy New Year!

Seimi and the Mayor working on Seimi's new Lamborghini puzzle.

Boookie's new LEGO Roman Legionnaires practicing their testudo formation, inspired by their centurion and their parakeet aquila

Eejee practicing his own variant on the testudo formation.

Seimi made a LEGO game of some kind.

Seimi with his new pet LEGO dragon.

Wednesday, December 27, 2017

Christmas Recap

Christmas Chicken Corn Chowder on the stove. "Flounder" is the name of the 40-year-old Le Creusset skillet the Mayor inherited from his grandma and "Sebastian" is a new Le Creusset addition this year.

The traditional Christmas buffet laid out and ready for feasting.

Seimi hungrily eying the cookies.

Snow falling on Christmas Eve.

Cozy Christmas Eve!

The Mayor with his Daddy.

Christmas morning before anyone has woken up, with all the presents out and the Scalextric track set up.

The Mayor and Hobbit Wife were wondering if the hobbitlings were awake, when they heard Seimi shout "5 MORE MINUTES, GUYS!" Everyone sprinted upstairs right on cue at the agreed-upon time of 7:15.

Opening presents.

Boookie reacting with delight at one of his presents.

Ela doing the same.

Seimi showing off a new coloring book.

Eejee admiring a new drill he received.

More present opening (there were a lot this year).

Eejee and Seimi immediately initiating their weapons.

Boookie got two awesome gladius trainer swords.

Boookie's Niffler, "Hermes"

Christmas morning aftermath.

Christmas afternoon presents from GranDma and Apu.

Beautiful light on the trees on Boxing Day.

Bunker boys showing off a new quilt from Grammy.

Boxing Day afternoon presents from Uncle Matty and Kenny.

Eejee with his dog named "Kitty" and his cat named "Goggy."

The last hurrah of Scalextric racing.

Seimi's pit crew.

Saturday, December 23, 2017

Non-Christmas Update

On Friday there was a spontaneous game night. The Mayor was badly beaten at Barricade.

Boookie won his first money playing poker.

A Meerkat named Name holding a Blanket Named Ollie

Seimi has been complaining about his pillow lately. He announced that he really didn't like his pillow and has been trying out different sleeping arrangements. He tried using a beanbag, but the vinyl made his head all sweaty. His attempted solution was to wear a pillowcase on his head, but the Hobbit Wife intervened, assuring him that while it was a fantastically creative solution, we simply don't sleep with bags over our heads.

The pillow in question was investigated and Seimi's complaints were clearly substantiated!