Monthly Archives: February 2021

Photo-A-Day

Green Wolf Sculpture

Green Wolf
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Andy has a presentation coming up for school on Wolves. He picked my favorite animal. Well, the other day I went through the old Safari Limited toys that we received over the years to find the wolves that were part of that collection. I found two of them, I thought I had wolf pups, too but could not find them. Andy must have been inspired by his project and by the wolves because he decided to make one out of clay for his Secret Saint. It was Catholic schools week here and Andy has a Secret Saint, someone that he gives a small gift to. He brought in a few dollar store type items but also wanted to make something special so he made this green wolf.

Today, after Eva’s Jr. Krav class she had a few extra minutes of Black Belt training. This is for those students who are committed to continuing towards their black belts. At the end of class they get a little extra training on new and upcoming concepts. Eva is close to moving up to being able to do more black belt training in class itself. She did really well and after class Miss Allie came and talked to her and told her how much she has improved in the short time that she, Miss Allie, has been assistant teaching Jr. Krav. Eva was quite proud of that.

LEGO, Photo-A-Day, Video Game

LEGO Nintendo NES Console Built

LEGO Nintendo
Photo-A-Day 2.0 #00765

I built the LEGO Nintendo NES Console today. I did not build the TV that goes with this at this time nor did I build the controller. I started it this afternoon with help from Andy. He lost interest after the second bag. I kept going until the whole console was complete. It is a really neat build and it works just like the NES console I had as a kid, minus actually playing games. But you build a game cartridge and it slides in the same way and you push it down and it locks, push it again and it pops back up. There is also a fun Easter egg, too. On the right side of the console, hidden under the top is a little the warp tubes that Mario can use to get to later levels in Super Mario Bros. I was building it and didn’t even realize what it was. I’ll have to find another day when I can build the little TV portion of this set. That will be more complex because you build a Supr Mario level that you can crank around and around and pretend to play as Mario.