This weekend, we went to Mount Horeb, the troll capital of the United States. Really. The self-proclaimed "village" is dotted with large carved wooden trolls, including this backpacking/mountain-man-esque troll,
this gardening troll,
this touristy troll (who obligingly shared his ice cream with me),
these slightly deranged-looking trolls,
my personal favorite, the tooth-fairy troll (who stands in front of a dentist's office :) ),
and, uh, this, whatever-it's-supposed-to-be troll.
He has a tail, if that helps.... (?)
On a completely unrelated note, Asher and I have been spending a fair amount of time at the mall lately. This is because the mall is air-conditioned. (We have an air conditioning unit in our apartment, but the air conditioning at the mall is free.) A few days ago, I just let Asher wander where're he would and followed him around. Every now and again he would hear a song playing in one of the stores that appealed to him, drift into the store entrance where he could hear it better, and start dancing. At Bath and Body Works, he meandered on in to boogie and saw another little boy about his age sitting in a stroller. Asher walked right up to him, bounced up and down a few times, and then said, "da?" (dance) When the little boy didn't respond, Asher tried again. A little more bouncing, and then "da? da?" Apparently, the other little boy wasn't interested, but Asher took the rejection of his offer in stride. Leaving the little boy to his groove-free stroller, Asher moved on to find other beats.
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Maybe Asher should have tried inviting him to lunch: "Ba BA?" (Spaghetti?)
Those trolls are pretty weird. I like the one who shared his ice cream, though.
What a fun place to visit. i like the trolls :)
This Christmas we'll have to turn on some music for Eden and Asher, E can do her ballerina moves (she doesn't really dance, but she likes to lift her legs and twirl?? I think Tom may have had something to do with this, but that is another story) and Asher can dance. Maybe they'll rub off on each other :)
I believe that's ba' ba' since Ethan clearly puts in some glottal stops in that video :)
Sounds like a fun place.
Love the dancing story! He keeps growing and is a toddler now, too! Holy Cow!
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