Jet Packs and Rainbows

Jet packs, Rocket cars, Rocket boys.  He continues to invent and create things.  This time it was a jet pack and it has all the accessories that you would expect from a modern jet pack.  He built a jet pack out of cardboard, straws and a sawn off diet coke container.  Oh and lots and lots of tape, always lots and lots of tape.  He made the jet first by shoving straws through the top of the bottle and taping everything down.  He added shoulder straps and a GPS.  The GPS is the piece of paper that folds out near his right shoulder.  It tells you where to go even though it just looks like a fold out describing dinosaurs to you and I.  He also wanted me to write him a story about the jet pack, which he then attached (Yes, lots and lots of tape) onto the back so he would always have it with him.  The photos are bad because they are iPhone ones and Levi was moving and frankly sometimes my photo taking just sucks! 

He is insanely excited about the Easter egg hunt and has all sorts of bike races and obstacle courses planned for the kids when they come over.  I am not sure if much of it will come to pass because generally with that many kids converging together, there is more mayhem than organized sport but he can always hope. 

Today going to work, my phone pulled out a pretty good photo.  No help from me, I can assure you.  The rainbow made me smile on several levels.  It is so beautiful, it made my heart glad.  That and it promises more rain, so there is a vague possibility that I will be flooded in tomorrow!

Medieval Day

Luke's family is putting in a new toilet and while they have the new one, the kids use it as a TV seat.
Levi's Homemade Sword and Shield

Levi with his sword

Levi and Luke fighting the good fight

Proud Knight with his weaponry

Boys all fighting

Yesterday we had a great day! It had an inauspicious start when I found out that the Kid's Medieval Day that we thought we were going to was booked out. So after being disappointed for a few minutes we decided to do a Do It Yourself Medieval Day. Actually thanks to Pete and Cheryl, they were the ones who thought of it.

The swords and shields were cut out of wood with a jigsaw and then we sanded the edges. Aluminium Foil was used for the blade and taped all over with invisible tape to hold it there. The handle was electrical tape. The kids painted the shields and we screwed drawer handles on so they could hold them. They are more durable than any of us were expecting and really not PC as they likely really hurt if you whacked each other. Luckily the kids were great. They whacked the shields but not each other. In fact the only tears were from hurt feelings rather than physical pain. The funniest part of the day was the three little kids all wielding swords racing after Pete as he hightailed it out of there.

The kids (and all the adults) had a blast and we agreed unanimously that our kids had better weaponry than they would ever have had at the public day. Of course there was no comparison but we are sure. The kids don't care. They made fun things with wood. They whacked things with their swords and they laughed lots. A perfect day for a vacation.