Heard Around Our House. . .

Eli:  "I wish everything in our house was alive.  That way, if you couldn't find a book, it could just tell you where it was."

Micah, on the missing Malaysian jet:  "You know that guy who gets Nemo from the ocean?  They should just ask him to find the plane."

Good Helper

Micah helped me tonight with a little art project:

Castle Happy

For over a year, the boys have been obsessed with owning their dream toy, the Eagle Talon Castle:

We already own a much older version of this castle, purchased at a garage sale several years ago, so we have refused to buy them the newer model for birthdays or Christmas.  BUT I told the boys that if they went through their old toys and sold several of them, they could use the money to buy this castle.  Well. . . they did, and guess what arrived in the mail yesterday?

Here are the boys, making the deal official with money from their "castle fund' envelope:

Let the playing begin!

Still playing, 1 and 1/2 hours later. . .

And playing again, after supper. . .

And back at it, this morning. . .

Looks like they're happy with their purchase!