11/52 - Spring Games

What a difference a week makes! The snow is long gone with no signs of returning. Anders went on a walk and came back with "Seven signs of spring":

1. It's a sunny day
2. Robins were in the yard
3. Buds are on trees
4. Seed cones on the ground
5. You can see the grass
6. You can see the potholes on the road
7. Strawberry plants growing (I suspect that it was a weed)
8. No more snow!

I guess that's actually eight, isn't it.

Quote of the week from Anders, after watching the American Serengeti special:

Bison poop out their babies.

Thank you, National Geographic, for taking care of that whole sex education thing for us.

Out of the blue one day, Anders decided to design his own games! He just sat down with some paper and started drawing. All of the concepts and designs were done without any help, and even without our knowledge of what he was doing! We asked Anders for a description of each game, and here's what he told us.

The first one is called Ice Cream Cone. The driver in the car (at the upper right) wants some ice cream, so he has to drive around the maze to get to the orange ice cream truck.

I'll take mint, please.

The second one is called Car Smash and basically involves the monster truck jumping over the cars. (Given the name, I'm guessing that he is not always successful.)

The next one is called Gold Mine, and this is a hard one. The LEGO guy has to find all of the gold in 5 minutes. There is even gold hidden inside a rock. When the timer beeps, all of the gold has to be found. (The "timer" is the cone-shaped piece in the upper left.)

The last one is a car maze (KAR MAZ), complete with labels: Start (S), Finish (F), and a clue that says Broken (BLKN). I think this is the first instance of Anders spelling on his own.

Awesome. He's going to be a nerd like his parents!

- Mike, Corinne and Anders