Richard (14) and Patrick (12) Merkle came to stay with us two weekends ago while their parents were away visiting Bill at the Air Force Academy. We started off Camp Mumford with a kitchen dishes challenge course at the Merkle home, which the boys passed with flying colors, and then we headed to the Natural History Museum to see the Hope Diamond. I found the boys wandering in the Ice Age looking for a wooly mammoth (missing). We discovered that Richard is a pro stroller maneuverer and we're finalizing a signing bonus for his pro tour with Julia. Jason took the boys grocery shopping and they came home with an heirloom tomato the size of Patrick's head. We made pizzas, discussed Roman history (Patrick is reading about Hannibal's campaigns) and Greek mythology, and played Maask late into the night. After church on Sunday we played UBI with our good friend Gary Burgess, who finally decided to come home after a magnificent tour of Europe and the Middle East with Jason Durtschi. When one of the UBI questions prompted Gary and Jason to break out into a Lawrence Welk rendition of an old-time song, we knew it was time for Sunday naps! RIchard and Patrick made fantastic sculptures for Julia's art collection while Jason and Julia and I rested. After a walk in the park, during which the mosquitos made off with much of Richard's blood supply, we said goodbye to the Merkle boys. It was a super fun weekend!
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What are these totally cool colorful shapes we see the boys playing with? Neato! May I come play, please?
The toy is called "Shapescapes" and it's a lego-like operation for budding sculptors. I found it at the Hirshhorn Sculpture Gallery and at the National Gallery. You'll love it - you can build sculptures and mobiles out of all kinds of fun pieces.
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