It's my car

Last night Zach and I were going to run an errand. When we got out to the car, he said, "This is my car." I said, "Actually, it's Daddy's car." "No, it my car!" he replied. So I said, "Oh good. Then you can buy the gas and pay the insurance." "Ok!" he replied. "How are you going to get the money to do that?" I retorted. He replied with no pause, "I make graham crackers and get money."

Sounds like a plan to me. :-)

Making Pizza

Last Saturday we went over to have dinner with our friends the Bakers. They did indeed bake... and they had us make our own pizzas. The kids had fun putting on the toppings and eating them too. After dinner we went outside and the kids decided to climb the tree. Liza went up too to keep them from falling. We had a great time.

Screen Shots from "Leland"

Last month I posted a clip from the set up for our first film. Now I have some pictures from the second film we did, called "Leland." These stills are taken from the camera that we used to shoot the film. It's called a "Red One" and is a cutting edge camera that shoots in 4K. I know many of you will not know what that means, but if you think of the highest quality HD TV, it uses 1080p. That would be equivalent to 1K. This image is 4 times larger and can fill a movie theater screen without losing resolution from being blown up like video.

Here are a few scenes from the film....

This is "Jonatha's" house. He is a children's author.

Here is "Seth" at the door coming to visit. He and Jonathan were friends in grade school.

Seth and his wife, Dawn, discuss the fact that Leland, the subject of all Jonathan's books, was the name of Jonathan's imaginary friend in grade school.

Jonathan explains that Leland is in fact real, and still lives with him.

Seth decides that the only way to free Jonathan from the tyranny of his imaginary friend is to kill him. He "feeds" him peanut butter cookies and Jonathan panics because everyone knows that Leland is allergic to nuts. In this scene, he is on the floor trying to revive his imaginary friend.

Cubbies Slideshow

Isabella wrapped up her first year of Awana last Wednesday. They had this slideshow that showed what the kids do... You'll see Isabella here and there. Isabella learned all her verses this year and got all her patches. She did a great job! She will go back next year for the second year, then she'll move on to Sparks the year after that. You can watch the slide show below if you'd like...

Mosquitoes

The mosquitoes have been out of control the last few days. We had a lot of rain at the end of last week and they have been really bad ever since. Isabella is some kind of mosquito magnet. I think she has at least 15 bites right now and it seems like she has new ones constantly, even though we have not been outside. Some how they are getting in and going after her.

I told her tonight that those mosquitoes just really like her. She replied, with great conviction, "I just wish those nasty mosquitoes would quit licking me!" I had to laugh.

Can I have it?

Zach has started saying several phrases that are very cute.
"Can I see it?" "Can I have it?" "Can I do it?"

It's not what he's saying but how he says it. He has this way of raising his voice at the end that makes you want to give him whatever it is that he's after. I can't really describe it very well, so we tried to get him to say it on camera. I took a while, but we finally got this clip.

Asleep at the... swing?

Yesterday and today Zach has not been feeling too good. He has a cold or something and has just not been his usual happy self. They went out yesterday to play in the back yard and Zach fell asleep in the swing.

Having Fun

Potty Training

Last week Liza and I worked on potty training with Zach. He hasn't actually gone yet in the potty, but he is starting to figure out at least when he is going.. just not before he has to go. When he got up from his nap the other day, he wanted to sit on the potty. For a long time he was sitting there with his blanket over his head, but pulled it off right before Liza got the picture. I thought the look on his face captures his feelings pretty well.

And this, I think, is what he thinks he should wear while sitting on the pot. :-)

Another of Zach's favorites

Here's another of Zach's favorite videos. He loves to watch it... along with "Sliding Doggies" and "hahaha" which we've posted before. I hope you enjoy it as much as he does...