Fun with a Visitor

Our Cousin, once removed, or is it twice?, Comes to Visit

This is our Gram'pa "helping" our cousin into his Mini at the airport.

We gathered a pile of fun items and covered the table with them. 

 As if by magic Penguin is surrounded by Creatures,

Do you know what they are? -Penguin

Maybe these little weird creatures can have fun with us on Halloween.

White Mouse Experiment

White mouse bravely risks his life for science and mad scientist Eric.

Can a mouse ride a train pulled by Thomas the Tank Engine around a track?

Here is Mouse's track.

One half track later Mouse bombed !

Oh Oh Ouch Ouch AND I nearly lost my tail !

Follow the pictures from bottom to top to see his steadfast success. What a brave mouse.

Here is Mouse very proud of himself for proving that a puppet mouse can stay on if his posterior is wedged firmly in between a car and that little motorized train.

 Naturally other puppets wanted to ride now that White Mouse proved the ride is possible.

The Mountainmen living at Woolarock

A Trip Back in Time pics taken by all who went. Puppets by Emily, Eric, and Sarah


Woolarock is one of our favorite museums and the puppets had never gone with us. When our Aunt Martha came for a visit with a friend and 3 little humans we took the whole gang for a day trip. The first we sign read was the greeting sign. We puppets take great pride in our reading ability. Your world is MUCH bigger if you can read. And safer too!

As usual squirrel and fox are the quickest to start any adventure and eagerly read the sign to the van full of humans.

We drove slowly up the scenic drive inside Woolarock and hung a left to the Mountain man Encampment. (Those homes do not look as sturdy as my tree nest and Fox's den. We shall check out the interiors during our visit. - Squirrel)

A friendly mountain man came out to greet us and Fox and Squirrel had to immediately have their picture taken with him. What hams! Mountainman Wes was eager to show us his black powder gun and show us how to fire it. It was very exciting to do what our ancestors had to do to get food when they first arrived. The white man generally was not much into resource conservation then. Sure am glad we know more now.

Eric was the first to try the gun and it was loaded with powder and packed with a wad made of a "missile" twisted inside a piece of material.

 Here is Eric's target showing his shot.

Squirrel and Fox clambered up on the antler to see the target better.

Emily is taking aim now. You can guess how loud the gun is if you see that the guys have their fingers in their ears! You can see the powder spray from her gun.

Aunt Martha found out that Wes' sister is a friend of hers. Small World!

Now this has Squirrel and Fox's attention. They have had a very peaceful predator and prey relationship but this ... this is scary. Squirrel is doing a little backwards shuffle!

Whoa! Another weapon in action. 

Emily doing the throw.

Eric stops his two handed throw before it even starts. What are these two mischievous puppets doing in the firing range?!

All Clear and Hatchet In Flight 

More to come on this story.