Recently, he's been big into Tolkien, reading The Hobbit and being very excited about Smaug. To that end, he wanted a cake with a mountain on top, with a cave for a dragon. I was able to deliver:
It was good! Corwin got the mountain top.
And then presents! He got some really good ones.
The folding green was greatly appreciated -- but it's burning a hole in his pocket! I've talked him into waiting until after Christmas before spending it.
This was when he realized this present was going to be Lego.
His eyes tell the story here -- really, really excited. I don't have any pictures from the other side of the table, where his siblings were sitting, but the reaction was similar. :)
This is a Hot Wheels mechanics shop with a gator in it -- the gator pops out and eats the cars (and your fingers too, if you're not fast enough!)
Hilda and the Midnight Giant
And the present the husband and I got him -- a Gameboy!
He has definitely enjoyed having this -- we got him one that has Zelda: Ocarina of Time built in, and a Pokemon game to go with it. The requirement for playing on it has been to get his homework done, which he has been doing in record time (without mistakes!)
He also got this cute Minecraft set with a bunch of chickens. There's a release on the back that makes the eggs fall into the chest! It's pretty funny.
Building! We've had his big set of Lego out in the living room for the past week, and it's gotten a lot of use. I like the combination of pieces -- there's enough basic blocks in there that you can make whatever, but then enough eye balls and other unusual pieces that you can make it really wild too.
His first creation was a dragon!
We went out to Sonic for late lunch/early dinner, which is one of Corwin's current favorite restaurants. This was the first time we all had gone to Sonic for food, and I believe my first time eating one of their burgers.
Oh, also: Saffron decided to get a pixie cut:
It's so short! I don't know what I think of it. It's her hair though, not mine.
