What we do...

Right now, the boys spend hours upon hours with their favorite hobbies. For Asa, it is constructing buildings, cars, and various contraptions out of Legos. He spends literally hours a day at this... and whines when we have to leave the house. I told him I would take pictures of his creations for all to see. Here's what he has worked on in the past week. I will let Asa do all the commentary himself... I'm just the typist...



This is my truck. It has two antenaes and it looks like a bug. It has four wheels. I put big kind of bridge pieces on it and I put little bridge pieces on it and small ones. Then, I put on a tiny yellow piece. And, I made four of these and hooked them onto the big piece and then I put the roof on and then I put the two little things in the back. Then, I put the wheels on. Before I put the wheels on I put a little square piece so the wheels will look like its in a little square. This is my truck.



This is a spaceship. Allison helped me make it.




This is my lawn mower and I got a big piece and put wheels on it. And then I put a gear on it and a turny piece. I used a flip-flopper piece and a big handle so the handle will go up when I pick it up.


**Today, Asa called us upstairs to show us his sling shot. I took pictures as he demonstrated**


Here is the sling shot



Step 1 - We start turning the box around the turny thing.



Step 2 - Turn it until it's tight

Step 2 - Put something in the box (He's adding a little white Lego piece)



Step 3 - You let go and then it spins slow and then it stops, slow and then it stops, and then it spins slow and then starts going faster and faster all by itself



Step 4 - It flies! (**You can see the little white Lego piece flying to the left!**)


Addison spends hours each day playing solitaire. He started out playing on the computer, but now has a deck of cards all for himself. He has even won a time or two! (I personally like solitaire as his former addiction of playing Checkers or Chess required an opponent.)