Monthly Archives: September 2020

Photo-A-Day, Review, Toys

We discover the worlds of Eldrador from Schleich

Snow Wolf

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We received four of the Eldrador line of toys from Schleich for free to play with and review. Opinions are our own.

while at Sweet Suite I learned about the Eldrador line from Schleich. These highly detailed figurines are pretty amazing. I personally love the Snow Wolf as seen above. That was the one that I wanted for sure. I requested that and the Ice Dragon, Lava Dragon and the Fire Eagle. I gave the toys to Eva and she is working on a story about them, that is not ready yet because she is working on tons of things at the same time now. I liked this line because many of the creatures are a mix of mythological and fantasy. Eva is heavy into a fantasy stage right now and loves dragons and so much more. She’s reading about creatures like these all the time and I thought that she’d like these figures to help inspire her to write her own stories as well as for things to photograph and sketch.

Ice Dragon

We took the figures to the beach and while I tried to take images that would invoke cold and ice and snow (on a hot Summer day) Eva shot the Fire Eagle and Lava dragon to get some very cool photos that looked like a desert and a place more appropriate for fire based creatures.

The Lava Dragon

The Lava Dragon makes his way across the desert.

Fire Eagle

The Fire Eagle Makes a Rare Landing.

The Eldrador line has its own story. There are four worlds pf Eldrador. They are the Ice World, Stone World, Lava World and Water World. The denizens of these worlds are locked in an eternal conflict to control something called The Superweapon. So, major fights take place between the creatures of these worlds for control of this superweapon. This is the exact line of toys I would have been all over as a kid. I loved making up imaginative scenarios with my toys. I was also often at the beach and these are great for the beach because they are rugged and so cool looking. That is also why they make amazing display toys, too.

Family Adventures, Photo-A-Day

Last Beach Walk Of the Summer

Last Beach Walk Of the Summer

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The Summer is over and we enjoyed ourselves on the Cape a lot. Despite there being a pandemic and having to quarantine throughout the year we were fortunate enough to be able to be down the Cape and visit with my parents multiple times. This was the first year in a long time that I have had Labor Day Weekend off. In the past we have gone to King Richard’s Faire but that isn’t happening this year. Instead we went down for a few days of rest and relaxation by the beach. We had beautiful weather and so Allison and I were able to walk each morning along Great Bay which is her happy place. Even when she wasn’t feeling too up to walking she still wanted to make sure that she got to walk along that stretch. It is a beautiful walk.

The beach was a bit crazy today because there was a Trump rally on the water so about 100 boats drove by with their Trump banners and such. Some people waved from the beach and supported them and others did not. It was a crazy thing to round the corner at the beach and see hundreds of boats out on the water and have no idea why. I immediately thought Trump rally because of the whole my boat is bigger than your boat mentality. And wow, I was right. The rally went by twice and then was gone, we enjoyed a rather peaceful beach day despite that bit of excitement.

The kids enjoyed their beach time, Andy is a fish who never wants to get out of the water. Eva is spending a little less time at the beach overall. She is now old enough to walk back to the house and stay if she’d rather do that. She found other ways to occupy her time.

We had a nice meal tonight of some boneless pork ribs that we made on the grill. It was a nice night and then we walked along the beach and got a photo of the kids together on the beach. We did not get or Woods Hole photo after the Science School cookout out this time around but this was nice too.