Feb 06 2010
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+5 miles
75.5 miles
Day 4 Enter tunnel under Hedge to reach The Old Forest. Path disappears (ca. 7:15 a.m.).
Jan 16 2010
∞
+ 3 miles
70.5
Taking the main road north from the Ferry, Buck Hill is on the left and Buckleberry on the right. They take a lane to the right, and climb up and down into the country.
Finally made it past the ferry.
Dec 31 2009
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+ 2.5
65 miles
Farmer Maggot’s lane meets the Causeway to Buckleberry Ferry. Ride in wagon.
Leaving Farmer Maggot’s for Buckleberry Ferry.
Dec 31 2009
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+2.5
62.5 miles
After a turnip field there is a stout gate to a rutted lane, edged by hedges.
I am in the fields of Farmer Maggot. A mere 10.5 miles until I reach Crickhollow. I haven’t even left the Shire! Drat these sturdy, fast hobbits.
Nov 14 2009
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Holiday Lists
Tempe’s Amazon Wishlist: http://www.amazon.com/wishlist/117WBUTEBYCDG/ref=cm_wl_rlist_go
Rebecca’s Amazon Wishlist: http://www.amazon.com/wishlist/1ZSOLUARGFOXO/ref=cm_wl_rlist_go
Magnus’s Amazon Wishlist: http://www.amazon.com/wishlist/1PJEOZ5MU5QMW/ref=cm_wl_rlist_go
Douglas’s Amazon Wishlist: http://www.amazon.com/wishlist/AF2AWOJWWU5V/ref=cm_wl_rlist_go
Tempe
Something to store puzzles while working on them so kids don’t destroy them
Lord of the Rings stuff
Risk 1959 collector’s edition
Rebecca
Super Princess Peach DS game. (it’s at Toys R Us. I can’t find it online.)
Barbie style salon play set (beauty parlor for barbies)
Musical instruments. Becca loves to make music.
Magic AND Science? No way!
walkie-talkies
Mindflex
Blokus
Qwirkle
Rush Hour game
Drum set
The boys are mostly interchangeable. They’re interested in the same things for the most part. That said, make sure you put a specific name on the gift.
Batman anything. They have nothing so far. They want both bad guys and good guys as well. Regular Batman toys and Imaginext. Either will work for them.
Magnus
Both boys like both of the Imaginext castles. Magnus seemed to home in on this one more than the other.
Magnus loved the big dinosaur (requires imagination, not batteries).
This is a game Magnus gets to play periodically on Daddy’s phone. The prospect of playing it anytime on his own DS got him excited.
He went nuts in the store over the Hulk fists.
Daddy admits that this might have been one of those cases where he was projecting his kid-wishlist onto the kids. Read his expression and decide for yourself. Does he want it or is he just trying to please his Dad? It is a yellow sports car.
More DS games!
Clearly we need a new shirt … and a Scooby Doo Wii game.
Ooooh look at that expression. Sonic and the Secret Rings Wii.
Magnus says we need more bad guys. Specifically this one.
Douglas
Douglas honed in on this Imaginext castle more than the other but both boys liked both castles.
Douglas pulled nearly every Batman toy off the shelf and demanded it be added to the list.
More Batman …
And more …
Clone Wars Wii game.
Douglas wants his own hockey gear.
Everyone
Both boys were diggin the Lego Star Wars kits.
Remember those toys we had when we were kids that you’d put water into then press the button make the water swish around and you’d try to get the rings on the pegs or the balls in the buckets or whatever? They have those again. We think all 3 kids would like these.
All 3 of them went nuts in the store with the Nerf Swords.
Nov 14 2009
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+7 miles
58 miles
Reach area of the Marish with fields, meadows, hedges, gates, and drainage dikes.
Sep 08 2009
∞
Plus 14
51 miles
Day 3 They reach a belt of trees, mostly oaks with a few elms and ash. Drops of rain fall.
Aug 25 2009
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Plus 12.5
37 miles
Day 2. Road splits. Road to Stock bends left and goes down into the lowlands. They take a lane which branches to the right, winding through a wood of ancient Oaks. Sun down and evening coming on. (ca 6:30 pm) Quite close to the road-meeting they climb inside a huge tree. Eat and rest.
