What-What?! Week of April 22nd

Whelp, I complained enough; it's sunny.

...So we stayed inside and played D&D with the kids:

 

 I love the look of shock on Corwin's face in this one.  This is just after we found the room with the necromancer.

My character -- Mimi, the wizard.  I spent more time using my staff to hit things than I did casting spells.

 

This adventure actually had a puzzle -- a door with five levers which had to be put in the correct combination.  Eventually we figured out that it spelled (in lever code) the word Hanan, the family name of the crypt we were skulking around in.  What's really funny is that after we got through the door to where the necromancer was and apprehended the fellow, Osric specifically asked the necromancer how the door became locked after he had gone through it.  Really liked that he thought of the real world consequences of these things -- we came to the conclusion that the door resets after you close it.

 

Killin' monsters

What-What?! Week of October 30th

Yesterday was Saffron's birthday!  She is now nine.  My goodness.

She has a Dungeons & Dragons themed birthday party, which was pretty fun to put together.  A lot of it came about last-minute the night before -- the two of us sitting around saying "...you know what would be cool?".

I made a picture of a beholder, to play "pin the eye on the beholder" with.  This was totally inspired by the husband's D&D birthday many years ago, with the beholder piñata.

The husband and I also made a treasure chest, for her presents.

And we made a mimic -- a creature that looks like a real object (a crate, in this instance), but is actually a man-eating monster, waiting for someone to come by.

Playing with it in the mirror. :P

Ozzy insisted on getting a picture of him with his "claws".

All the kids had a good time playing pin the eye on the beholder:

We then defeated the mimic, by throwing "magic missiles" at it.  Saffron took out a tooth on her first throw:

The neighbor's boy pinned his tongue to the floor!

The husband made her gold coin rice crispy treats -- covered in gold sprinkles.  These were delicious.

Saffron got a ton of presents, including Legos:

Headphones:

(It feels like Saffron's breaking the 4th wall in this picture).

The husband and I got here a giant jar full of craft items, and a HUGE Playmobil zoo set:

She also got a learn to crochet set, and some books (one on Norse gods, the other one a fiction piece by Neil Gaiman).

Overall, it was a good day. :)