New Video Game Shelf

I've been thinking about Daniel a lot lately.

The main things he talks about are comic books and video games, mainly certain characters, like Sonic the Hedgehog. Even though he only plays video games on Fridays, he is very interested in the characters and of course, the action. He reads game guides various publications on the games and different systems.

So I've been thinking how I can validate his interests and express my interest in these things that I see as non-productive at this point.

To the right of the TV was a chair with a cardboard box and various tubs with games and controllers tossed inside. The Lord prompted me to plan some kind of shelving (for ME), he doesn't really care about how they are organized. This is what we put together.

Halloween Costumes 2013

We are looking forward to visiting friends at the Halloween party soon. Sarah is going as a Ranger (from Ranger's Apprentice) and Dan is going as "The Guy in the Space Cape". He's wanted to make a cape/cloak from this cool solar system fabric for A LONG TIME. Way back when, I bought him one yard, thinking we'd make a cape (not)!

When all four of us go together, Joann becomes a dangerous place because we tend to buy all sorts of fun things. We had a great coupon and the space fabric was on sale, too, making it a killer buy. I bought what was remaining on the bolt and I'm SO GLAD! Dan is getting TALL!

Sarah chose the cloak pattern. We all worked together, our first time pinning and cutting out a pattern together. Well, not me, of course, I cut my share of patterns with Mom growing up. We extended both leaves of the table and got to work.

Once Dan's was cut out, I knew what I was doing and we doubled Sarah's fabric, so it took half the time. Yay!

Daniel did a little on the machine and some cutting and pinning, too. I sewed two pieces together wrong and had to rip out the seam. Sarah's went together much easier and faster since it was my second time. I would have had her do it, but the fabric is so stretchy and hard to work with and we're starting to be short on time, I just decided I'd do it for her.

Prevail Fight Scene Gets LIGHT

Our friend Max added some effects!

Prevail Fight Scene in Lego

This afternoon Dan was looking for the right Lego hair...he was thinking about our friend Max, who entered a lightsaber movie called "Prevail" in last year's contest. (This year Max won first prize with "Loyalty"!) Dan made the red lightsaber last year, but today he decided to make a little fight scene depicting the two brothers in their movie. He wanted the base plate to be green because they fought in a meadow. Turned out great! Love the PRODUCTIVE creativity, Dan!

Dan's Blog 2013

Daniel has been updating his blog recently. He's been adding more content and changing the theme to suit his taste. I love how it keeps getting better with more plushies and now his first slide show!

Dan's Lego Chess Set

Daniel has been wanting to buy new Legos to make a chessboard. Instead, he used what he had and made this awesome chessboard! The people are called microfigures and they are borrowed from various Lego games.