A bit more Lego...

It has been a while since I have done a Lego post, so here you are. These sets are from the 3rd Harry Potter release. Just a reminder that to find out how many pieces in a set, you can just get on Brickset. We have a lot of Harry Potter Lego and this is only a bit of it...

Diagon Alley...

Quidditch Match...

Knight Bus...

Borgin and Burkes and The Forbidden Forest

Horrible Histories

Today I would like to tell you a little about some of our favourite books - the Horrible Histories series. This series is written by Terry Deary. Of all the books I've read that he has written, my favourite would have to be the 10 best Greek legends. The reason I like his books is because he makes learning fun and puts incredible detail into his illustrations. You should give them a go.

This is our collection.

(post and pics by K)

Roland Harvey

Roland Harvey is one of my favourite authors because of the way he writes and illustrates his books. He can draw some really cool pictures. I own three of his books and have read a few others. They all have a different story line which is great. I have taken you some pictures to show how good he is...

( Post and pictures by A)

The three books

To the Top End

In the City

In the Bush

Old Fashioned Games

Old Games can be pretty cool, huh? Quoits is a great game when you are camping or are bored. But have you ever seen Table Quoits? Table Quoits is exactly the same but the only difference is that it's downsized. Here is a picture of it....

(picture & post by A)

Puzzles

Today I would like to tell you about another thing I like to do, puzzles! If there's one thing I like to do on the weekend it's puzzles. Out of all the different types of puzzles my favourites are Sudoku puzzles. My favourite brand of puzzle books are the pocket puzzles (as you will see below).

 (pics and post by K)

These are some of our puzzle books

This is my groovy Sudoku board with wooden tiles and reusable sheets with different levels on each sheet.

NINTENDO

Nintendo has always been a great gaming company. Have you ever thought that they never had DS's or Wii's 20 years ago. You used to have Game and Watches. You could get Donkey Kong or Mario and many other games. They did not have game cards like they have now. You only had the one game per machine. Today you can get all different games for your DS or Wii. You only need to plug the game card into the console. Here are some photos of the old game systems and some of the new ones...

(Photos and Post by A)

The old Game and Watch, Fire Attack and Donkey Kong

The new DS's with the game cards

National Geographic Experiment

We recently had a go at the National Geographic Earthquake and Volcano kit. It was loads of fun as we had a go at the volcano, experimenting with different ingredients to create an eruption.

We have not yet had a trial of the earthquake part of the kit but it looks pretty fun as well!

(posted by K)

This is me! Cool goggles huh?!?

Taronga Zoo

In the last holidays we went on an adventure to the Taronga Zoo with our friends E & J. We had a fab time. Here are some awesome animals....

The Giant Giraffe....

The Grooovy Grizzly....

The Kool Koala....

The Marvellous Meerkat

Thanks E & J for a fantastic day!!!!

Weekend of Lego

This weekend we are doing a bit of (early) spring cleaning. Here are 2 pics to keep up the Lego spirit...

Bit of Spring cleaning

... and playing

(A)

Bouncy Balls

A collection is a group of things acquired over a period of time. 

This is one of our favourite collections....

 

Who doesn't love a good Bouncy Ball???

(K) :-)

Lego on the Loose

We were pretty excited to see Lego on the Loose sculptures at Sydney Aquarium. Here are some of the Lego sculptures we liked best...
(pics by A)

Many Mini's

Every year Mini Car Clubs of Australia meet in Hay where they have a parade and a show and shine. They also race on the flat, dry Hay plains and get their mini's dirty. Here are some pics of them in action....

Nathan Sawaya - The Art of the Brick

We were lucky enough to be able to see Nathan's exhibition when it was in Melbourne. You can check out his website at The Art of the Brick. Here are some of our favourites from the day...
(pics by A)

Not sure of this one's title but it is pretty cool

Pieces

The World

Yellow

Happy Weekend

Looking forward to the weekend! Here's another pic of ours. For inspiration to make your own don't forget to head over to a LEGO a day

Have a lucky weekend!

Books Books Books

Hey guys! Today we have some of our favourite books. If you want to read some great reviews of great kid books look at this kid reviews books. Erik is a blogging kid just like us.....

A's faves

K's faves

MORE Lego Comics

Here is another great comic from Lego Comic Builder

It is titled 'Under Arrest'.

Hula Girl and Ginger Cat

This one is for you KP (and your new pussy cat)...

Tin Toys

Tin toys are great fun to have! They are simple working toys unlike many modern toys.  Odgers and McClelland's is one of the places we found some reproductions. Here are a few in our collection.

Our Marching Robot...

Scooter Girl, Air Plane and Little Train

Here is one of Dad's old tin Cars. Instead of a key to wind it you pushed the leaver to make it move.

There are a lot of websites about Tin Toys but here is a good summary at Wiki.

Easter

Happy Easter everyone! We made some cool lego Easter creations that we would like to show you......

K's Psyco Bunny! (own creation)

A's egg delivering Bunny! (Adapted from instructions)

If you don't have instructions you can find plenty at Brickset. This way you can create unowned sets.

Altina Wildlife Park

We went to Altina Wildlife Park  yesterday. We travelled around on a cart pulled by a Clydesdale named Blue. Here are some of our favourite animals.....                                                   

The Indian Blackbucks......

The Camels......

The Giraffes and.....

The Ostriches

We had a fantastic time !!! (K)
(pics by Mum!!!)

LEGO

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

This is what we have done in the Holidays......hanging around and being

LAZY!!!

Soda Can Robug

We like the Green Science website at http://www.4m-ind.com/

This is one of their cool creations - the Soda Can Robug

 

This Robug jitters around the floor making lot of noise.  We will blog about our other creations from Green Science soon!  (K)