Lazy Explorer Pillows

'No need to worry about the volcano - it's not very active.'

Child drawing fish from life by putting his head in a pond.

Garden.

"Milk, butter, bread - all past the expiration date. either he just hadn't noticed before, or his time machine worked."

Trilby - 'The old studio'.

"Where the wild things were."

Building a Shelter

"I know it is of this earth...."

School trip little porters.

'I could eat you.'

'It says here that erosion moves soil from one place to another. I thought that was our job.'

"When I grow up, I want to be a scientists like Uncle Grog."

'Cover me... I'm going in.'

"I think it's time we learned to stand up for our selves."

Statue of Liberty from the Staten Island Ferry trip.

Child is read a book titled 'People' by a parrot.

"Face it -- you resent me for the exploring in depth a world that you take for granted."

'Where's the mouse for this thing?'

Fetch the Boomerang

'Care of your new hammock. Let's face it, whatever we write here, you're not going to bother.'

"When Hummingbirds grow up, they stop humming and become songbirds."

"I've never known a child like him. He's always finding things."

Do it yourself - Get someone else to do it

'Why is it I can see what needs doing around here and you can't? . . . I know what cures that. . . 'Chores-ercise'.'

"Your predecessor worked here for a very long time, so before you take over his office we're sending in an archaeologist to check it out."

'...I got my hands dirty washing my face!'

'He followed me home, Dad. Can I keep him?'

"He's so inquisitive! I wonder what he'll be when he grows up..."

'OK, my dinner's in the oven. Where's the oven?'

"Look Mom it's spring."

'Please be quiet while the attempts to locate your head.'

"Willy here will be our guide, and according to him, this short walk should take about three months..."

"I know it's only spring but want to see the rough draft of my 'What I did on My Summer vacation assignment'?"