NOVA Pays Off..

Scene:  Post-NOVA watching, pre-teeth-brushing snack time.  The anthropologist has annoyed the United States mason by making the mason and a gang of Egyptian stone masons construct a small pyramid using only mud ramps and stick levers.

A (finishing his snack): What are you going to read to me tonight?

J (walking near the bookshelf): I don't know... (various inappropriate titles flash through his mind) maybe...

A:  "Butt-cracks of the Ancient Past!"

J: (turning and failing to keep a straight face) Um...

A:  (laughing too hard to use a serious-dramatic documentary voice) "Butt-cracks of the Ancient Past!"

J: (like a laughing Centurion from Life of Brian):  N-no.

Photo Dump

There haven't been updates lately, but here are some photos.

First Fireworks

Someone's been saving his money. So M decided that it was time to teach him how to light fuses.

Blowing Up a Balloon

A got to help blow up a balloon. He was only slight disappointed when no explosives were involved.

Meanwhile....

Grandma M rests with some friends.  In the distance, performers are singing, "Clang! Clang! Clang! Went the trolley.  Ding! Ding! Ding! Went the bell..."

C3P0 Would Be Pleased

Scene:  Hollywood Park, Disney World.  Everyone has just exited the Star Tours ride.  Some of the adults are holding their stomachs after the 3D ride.

A (looking up at J with the most sincere face ever):  "J, thank you for taking me on that ride."
J (somewhere between surprised and about ready to fall over from the excessive cuteness):  "You're welcome."
A moves over to the next adult to thank them....

Disney World

 We're back from visiting Disney World with Grandma M, Aunt M, Aunt M and Cousin K, V, and everyone.  The first day we went to the Animal Kingdom.






The second day we went to the Magic Kingdom.  The gravestones outside the Haunted House are musical.






It was fun dressing up as President McKinley when we went to the Hollywood Park.








We returned to the Animal Kingdom on our last day...








... and met a lot of characters.