We're off...

It's awfully early - 5.45 actually. The boys are still asleep, but I will wake them soon and then we'll be on our way. We have four hours in "Chacargo" where Mu is determined to ride the metro, thus being one step closer to achieving his "metro trifecta". Then it's on to Paris, where we will rendezvous with R. THe boys are beyond excited, and can't wait "to see Paris". I hope to post bits'n pieces from our adventures on Elsa May as we go - but it will depend on reliable internet... 
Image from We Heart It.

OMSI & Einstein...

We trotted off to OMSI the other day, and besides it being pleasantly quiet there was an excellent exhibition on Einstein. We spent hours in the science labs, had a hilarious virtual roller coaster ride, before heading home four (!!) hours later...
Note: the blurry photo above is of the boys jumping in front of an interactive gravity wall. It was pretty cool.

One cool convertible...

Turtle has been saving and saving and finally last Saturday had enough "cash-bucks" stuffed away to purchase this nifty little number. Pretty impressive what you can do with Lego these days.....

How to keep cool...

Last week things got increasingly hot. So early one morning we took a walk up to Washington Park. We wandered through the trees and dappled sunlight, and came across...

...jet sprinklers! Excellent - the boys tore their shirts off and tore through the sprinklers, getting thoroughly soaked in the process.

We then strolled home, and just as we reached the edge of the park Turtle's paparazzi radar when off, and once again we had half a dozen shots of his hand.

Sewing camp 101...

The boys finished sewing camp today and the end results are:
- one extra-long floral pillow case
- two small cushions (one with decorative stitching, the other with a face)
- two floral place mats, with decoratively stitched fabric strap
- a selection of 'pocket' bags of varying sizes
- a selection of decoratively stitched fabric strips (see 'martial arts style' lion below).

The boys chose all the fabrics and threads, and both are quite chuffed with their 'sewing bounty'. When last asked, they both rated sewing 101 higher than last weeks computer gaming course!?!

Cable car No. 16...

Turtle's latest drawing - a very detailed cable car, complete with route map.

A tale of two boys...

One who gets so wrapped in what he's doing it can be hard to get his attention...

...and the other who refuses point-blank to have his photo taken.