Workshop Work

The Mayor's workshop has been busy lately as hobbitlings stay out of the rain and complete preparations for Halloween.

Seimi is all ready for Halloween, so he has been busy drawing monsters.

Boookie was last to decide on a costume, but the cardboard-duct tape workshop produced a fine set of Roman legionnaire armor.

The Mayor has been using the workshop for work. The 10-second commute is much nicer than the walking in the rain to take a long, crowded bus ride.

PDZ

On Friday we took our first homeschool field trip of the school year, heading down to Point Defiance Zoo to check out their new Pacific Seas Aquarium.

Seimi was all kinds of excited by the sharks and rays.

Seimi's favorite shark, the Sandtiger Shark.

And here are the four hobbitlings.

For reference, here are the same hobbitlings two years ago, bundling up to head down to PDZ.

First time seeing an elephant in real life for most of the hobbitlings.

A handsome tiger.

Two otters!

A cute arctic fox

Two yaks!

Hobbitlings consumed by education.

Bonus picture of hobbitlings posing by their Hogwarts house banners. Not pictured are Daddy Slytherin and Mommie Ravenclaw.

Fall Family

Here is our (apparently) biannual candid family portrait.

Here is 2016's portrait for comparison.

New punching bag

The new punching bag doesn’t stand a chance against the onslaught of attacking hobbits!

Greek Hoplites

Seimi and Eejee want to be Greek hoplites for Halloween this year, so the Mayor got started early with the costume-making to allow the hoplites to train up. Here's Eejee helping sketch up some preliminary concepts.

Seimi reading up on Alexander the Great while his Corinthian-style helmet is being worked on.

Ela testing the helmet fit.

Ela helping with the hot gluing for the chest armor.

Greek armor finished and ready for the Sons of Thunder!

Phalanx formation!

The young hoplites.

The small blue hoplite in his treehouse.

Greek shipmates

Addendum: Ela helped Seimi decorate his treehouse, so here it is in full Greek galley splendor. Notice the ram at the bow, the painted eyes, and the row of oars.

Treehouses at 100%

July 22 start to September 11 completion.
Close to 200 Mayor/hobbitling hours.
So worth it!

Start of Term Feast

Tuesday was the first day of school, so we decided to have a Start of Term Feast. Here are the owls and a bat circling the table, waiting for the feast to start.

Multiple delicious courses being prepared in the kitchen.

 Feast time!

Each of the pupils was "sorted" into their respective grades by Howard the Trunk Monkey, based on his ability to peer into their heads and discern the types of things they are ready to learn. Here's Eejee being sorted into pre-K.

Seimi was sorted into Second Grade.

Ela was sorted into Fifth Grade.

Boookie was sorted into Seventh Grade.

Hooray for school!