Spring is in the Air!

...and that makes it all the more difficult to sit myself down and write about all the fun things we have been up to lately. The lupines and the lilies have poked their curious tips up into the air, and the weather is wet, but with a hint of warmth for a change. The sap is moving in the trees, the birds are dancing up a storm, and our stuff is slowly making its way into boxes and bags.

This past weekend, we had a chance to forget about moving for a little bit. We went to see The Wind in the Willows at the Cleveland Play House. (I was hoping for a more interesting link, but there isn't much of a write-up about the show.) We enjoyed the performance immensely. The Sunchild picked Badger as his favorite character.

Of course, Bionicles & Legos are never far from our agenda in these parts. We have been reading from the Unofficial Lego Builder's Guide, and this has inspired him to new feats of creativity with the material he already has. He had been making more buildings, robots, and working with the concept of scale. We sorted his collection again, which always helps smooth out the creative process. "It's amazing what you find when you bother to clean up!" he told me the other day. He has also been working on creating Rahi for his collection (Rahi means 'wild beast' in Bioniclespeak). I want to take pictures of them, but he is so prolific that it is hard to keep up!

We did discover Lego Digital Designer today. This is a neat program, which in many ways, reminds me of a simple CAD or designing program. He can choose from sets of differing pieces, manipulate them graphically, save his designs, and print out a brick list. In fact, (and here is the commercial application) he can even order his designs, with a custom built box to go with it. I don't know if we will get that far, but he did design something today and has printed out the bricklist in order to see what he already has in his collection.

He went rollerskating again this past Saturday. He is doing laps on his own now, with 46 seconds being his best lap time. I am excited to go with him soon & see his developing skill.

We have read (and listened to) quite a few stories (and audiobooks). We have one disc to go in The Hobbit, which is what we listened to whilst playing with Legos today. We also read a version of The Odyssey, and I caught him playing Bionicle & the Cyclops shortly thereafter. The Secrets of Droon are our latest series, and I have been keeping our stash of folktales & the lore of fantastical creatures well stocked from the library. Speaking of which, I think it is now time for a story...