And ... ACTION!!

Saturday, January 10, 2009

Reagan received a marble run for Christmas. He loves Rube Goldberg machines, so we thought that this would be a great thing for him to build and watch. Earlier this week, he and David created their own chain reaction machine using the marble run, dominos, train tracks (stacked into stairs), a train, and a log. Check it out:



Right after the marble run, Reagan wanted to make his own video. We have a flip video camera, so he was holding it in front of himself just watching the little screen on the back. Every time something would come into view he'd say what it is, shriek with laughter, and run to the next thing. He is going so fast that he doesn't even say the entire word. He starts out with "Whoa, I'm goin' to the kitchen! Whoa, I'm goin' to the living room." Then, "Whoa! A kit(ten). Ah!" Then very quietly: "Oh, there's a Tai Lung (from Kung Fu Panda)," and "Ah! A tr(ee)." Then, "Ah! A bucket!" "There's a Da(ddy)." Then he sees a light saber. "And a Ab(by)".

The entire time he is giggling.

In the background you may hear David say "Whoever watches this is going to get sick."

Consider yourself warned.


Dancing Machine

Wednesday, January 07, 2009

Reagan's Mother's Day Out had its annual Christmas program a couple of weeks before Christmas. His class sang 3 songs, and Reagan did pretty good. He sang/danced/did motions for 2 of them. The past two years he just cried.

David used our Flip Video to record the performance, so it isn't a close-up of Reagan. However, it is fun to watch his whole class. Reagan is second from the right.

This is "Dancing Machine". Be on the look out for:

1. The Washing Machine
2. The Egg Beater
3. The Oil Well (or "whale" as Reagan calls it)
4. The Locomotive
5. The (Broken) Robot (my fave!!)
6. The Airplane
7. The Sprinkler (!!!)

Oh yeah! And the horn playing!


What you can't see is the serious dance face that all the kids have during the part before the specific dances start. That is why the audiencce started giggling as soon as the the music started and the kids started moving.

I love how Reagan pets the stuffed lamb behind him and then makes a break for it. He did go back and sing the last song, though!

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Thursday, January 01, 2009

My Handy Man

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