Elliot

I read Journey to the Center of the Earth and then saw the movie after I read it.  The movie and the book were different in a couple ways.  One was in the movie there was a dinosaur and in the the book there wasn't.  In the book they were trying to go to the center of the earth but in the movie they accidentally did.  In the book the mountain guide was a man and in the movie it was a woman. 

My favorite part of the movie was when the dinosaur chased them because it was cool.  The dinosaur was huge and the people were trying to get away.  One of the funny parts was when the boy woke up and there was a dead piranha right next to him with its mouth open and the sharp teeth showing.  He was really really surprised and scared at first but then he realized it was dead.  When we saw the movie it was in 3D.  We had special glasses and when stuff was coming forward it looked like it was coming right at you.  It looked like it was right in front of your face. 

My favorite part of the book was when these two big monsters in the ocean fought.  The funniest part of the book was: nothing!

Both boys enjoy playing the piano and are going to take some lessons this summer.  Here's some footage of Finn playing one of his favorite tunes:

Here's another video of Finn playing some original compositions and Elliot playing harmonica:

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-1696526594264375574&hl=en

Here are some recent photos of Elliot at school, Elliot and Finn playing soccer, and Finn's birthday party.  More photos are on Picasa: link.

Friday night Elliot had a few friends from school over to celebrate his 7th birthday.  The main events were folding and flying some high-performance paper airplanes and "Webkinz football" which quickly devolved into 7-year-olds running wildly around the basement while throwing Webkinz at each other.

Here are some photos (more on Facebook and Picasa):