The dinos, knowing that their animated life was coming to a close for this year,
left a note of assurance (and warning) for the children.  

After realizing that there was to be a celebration in honor of the human who "owns" them, the dinos felt it necessary to wrap and gift their own offering to her. Since there were no dino-sized scissors to be found, Dinny improvised.

Before going to bed, the girls made sure the cake for Madeline's birthday today had a note on it: "Do not eat this cake or I will eat you!" Apparently the dinos respected that request and threat (after all the effort Madeline went into planning and decorating her Smaug-the-Dragon cake, we were glad they showed some restraint. ) 

After watching the feasting from a distance, the dinos celebrated their gratitude with the one leftover pie.  Though he enjoyed the dessert, Dinny wished a little turkey had been mixed in with the strawberry rhubarb.

Fascinated by the miniature humans made from rubber bands the children had constructed, the dinos began to make their own rainbow loom creations. Dinny started with bracelets, collars, and purses, but soon moved on to more ambitious projects: he began making a clone of himself.

In an effort to establish their dominion over the Toy-dom, the dinos built a fortress-stronghold from which to rule.  It featured bonfire-light-fixtures to increase the intimidation factor.  

Madeline successfully peeled her clementine into a fish.

The fish's life was very short.

We thought you'd appreciate this, Grandma Fae! :)

Seeking to be a little more cultured, the dinos decided to put on their best manners and have tea. The dolls were happy to lend them some finery for the occasion.

Dinny thought it was time for the dinos to have their own movie-night. Unfortunately, Rex had a little trouble with the wheelbarrow of popcorn.

The dinos were excited to try this "juice-cleanse" thing they overheard the humans mention. However, after feeling more sticky than cleansed, Dinny decided to make use of one of the straws.

Juice Cleanse

All Dinos

After a sad night of defeat, we decided to try what the humans called “juice cleansing,” so we broke into the juice and filled 4 containers with juice.  Next we got in and made ourselves comfortable in the juice.  Then Dinny and the knight started to drink some juice.  Finally we went to the bathroom and took a bath. 

While the unsuspecting elephants were relaxing doing a maze, the dinos prepared for their revenge with foil armor. General Rex directed the troops for the attack while Dinny led the battle charge.

Battle

Rex

Since the elephants tried to trap us, we decided to have a battle with them!  We set out on a journey to where the elephants sat doing a maze.  We jumped up on to the their leader (Big Hed’s) back.  Then we declared war!  And put on armor made of tin foil. 

Big Hed

We had a lot of trouble with trapping and getting trapped yesterday so I announced that we should relax and do a maze.  While we were doing the maze I felt a presence behind my back, but no on was there.  “Hello,” I called, but there was no answer.  “Is anyone there?”  I called.  There was no answer.  I continued to try to solve the maze with my friends.  When all of a sudden 6, no 7, dinos jumped up on me and declared war!  Thankfully, we won.

Fed up with the Dinos shenanigans, the elephants decided to take matters into their own trunks. Luckily, while the little Dinos unsuspectingly rushed to the chocolates, Rex realized the Ellies' plans.

 

After seeing the children voraciously consume some small, pseudo-cheesy worms, the dinos thought they'd make themselves a batch.  

 

The steggies found themselves trapped in the cookie platter after their over-exuberance in discovering dinosaur-shaped cookies.  Dinny wished he had started P90X earlier--curse those tiny biceps!

 

Concerned about their distant relatives since the humans kept forgetting about them, the dinos fed the fish.

After fighting over a chocolate bar the children left out, the dinos decided to split it based on weight.  Rex was acting judge since he was watching his waistline.

The dinos roared with glee when they discovered that the box from amazon didn't contain books, but held bottles of colored mud. The hairy-ended sticks included seemed to work pretty well for spreading the goo around.

Since the turkeys refused to accept the disguised dinos, they sought to create their own flock via coloring, cutting, and pasting together more turkeys. Unfortunately, the night ended before they reached the assembling stage.  (Madeline as head-conspirator--this one is entirely her idea and creation.)

The cutting station.

After seeing Rex's successful infiltration of the turkey flock, the other dinos thought they'd make disguises and try their luck too. Too bad they don't know it isn't a wonderful time of year to be a turkey!

Dinny was frustrated to find that, even after doing his P90X workout, he still couldn't pour a decent bowl of cereal.  The other dinos didn't seem to care.

After watching the children draw stegosaurus pictures,
Steggie thought he would model for his friends' dinosaur renditions.

DINOVEMBER!!! (Days 2-11)

On our way to bed, we discovered the dinos planning their next acts of mischief around the campfire. . .

Dinny thought his little brother needed a tooth-brushing after their debauchery the day before.

Dinny decided it was time to wake his cousin Bones Tyrannosaur from his 67 million year nap.

When the dinos discovered the abandoned gingerbread house, they considered moving in. Unfortunately, Steg had a little trouble cutting the door. (The whole house collapsed a few hours later, with dinos inside..)

The Dinos thought they'd try their claws at "hot cocoa with marshmallows" after hearing the children discussing that it was now "hot cocoa season." (And, yes, we had hot cocoa for breakfast this morning.)

Dinny just had to find out if fudge worked as well as mud for footprints. The bones sisters were a little hesitant to join in due to their last run-in with mud pits.

Frustrated with his tiny biceps, Dinny decided to give this P90x workout thing a try. However, he discovered that Tony wasn't too keen on lifting 3 times one's bodyweight. . .

The dinos got their gaming on--Zelda time!

Hungary for a little snack, the dinos thought they should purchase the foods they found in the humans' cupboards. Unfortunately, Steggie kept getting in the way.

Today, Rex felt like joining in the fun.

Since Rex was the only one large enough to climb the stairs, he secured the rope leading to the top landing--the place where the humans kept the cookie jar.