Emlen! What Have You Done!?

Last week, our dear friends Scott and Jenny and their 4-year-old son, Emlen, came to visit.  Emlen saw my collection of Harry Potter wands and became entranced, so I dug out one of my wands from my magic show and let him play with it.

He wanted to know if it really worked, so I showed that it did by using it to make a coin disappear and reappear.  Then he wanted to try, so naturally--as long as I held the coin--it vanished and returned just as he commanded.

Well, then he went outside with mom and--I'm told--cast some really big spells.  They didn't work, but Jenny suggested that perhaps since they were such powerful spells, it might take a day or two for it to happen.

So you know where I'm going with this, ya?

I took pictures of the house, then pictures of Garry and Russell posing in the yard, then scoured the internet for some of the extra bits I needed.  Then I brought it all into Photoshop and put together the images.  They're not the best examples of Photoshop skills...but I'm told that when Emlen saw them (after I emailed them to Scott), he became very, very excited over his handiwork.

Here are the pictures.

First, he ordered flowers to grow to gigantic size in our lawn.

 Then he summoned a giant Transformer--any type--to come visit.

And then he decided we really needed a T-Rex to stomp through the yard.