Wednesday, December 3, 2008

A Christmas Carol

**UPDATE: I removed the video clips. If you absolutely must see them, just email me!***

Adam and Ian are in the Sahuaro High School musical "A Christmas Carol." Because of copyright issues, no one is allowed to videotape it, but I couldn't resist using my hidden camera techniques to get a few highlights for far-flung relatives. The following clips were from last night's dress rehearsal.

This first one is a duet by Tiny Tim (Adam) and Bob Cratchit. They disappear from the camera for a few seconds, but don't worry -- they come back.

This second clip is when the Ghost of Christmas Present is showing Scrooge how happy everyone is celebrating Christmas together. It starts with Tiny Tim's solo, and goes on to a big group number. If you want to hear Ian's one-line solo, go to about 5:50 ("I hope that his dinner is cold"). You can't see Ian well, because he's being carried by one of the girls, but you can kind of see his white leg dangling down.

Adam and Ian have been spending lots of late nights at rehearsals and are a little sleep-deprived, but they seem to be having a great time, making friends with lots of cool high-schoolers and loving being on stage!

Hopefully I'll be able to post some still photos soon...

Saturday, November 1, 2008

Piano Recital

Adam and Ian had a piano recital today and they both did great! I tried to record them very unobtrusively, which is why these videos are a bit stalker-ish. Please notice Adam's amazing focus and concentration as Luke escapes from Dad and starts making friends with the old people around us during Adam's performance.

Friday, October 31, 2008

Halloween 2008

Adam the Indian (or maybe a mountain man -- whichever one wears flip-flops)


Ian the wizard



Heath the cowboy (the "twisty" moustache was all his idea!)


Luke the (reluctant) itsy-bitsy spider

Monday, October 27, 2008

Leaf Insect

Tonight Ian was attacked by a small green alien mind-sucker... and he liked it!




Actually, Ian spotted this huge leaf insect during dinner, hunted it down, and finally caught it. When he put it on his arm, it crawled up to his shoulder, up his neck, and finally rested on the top of his head. WHERE IT SUCKED OUT ALL HIS BRAINS!

Monday, October 6, 2008

A couple of videos

Back in August, Grandma found a frog in her pool. The boys promptly named it "Francis Froggie Welker" and made it a pet for about 12 hours. They even found that he/she? would croak on command, with a little physical encouragement...

A couple of weeks ago, I made cookies and let Luke lick the beater. He had just learned to say "Pookie," his nickname, and he says it with gusto: