July 2008
31 posts
WatchNSS08 Day 26: Swing Kids on Vimeo (via Vimeo). Nothing more than Evan and Colin on the swings with a few jumps by Evan.
June 2008
32 posts
WatchNSS08 Day 25: Running off boy-energy in the rain on Vimeo (via Vimeo). Lori says that I shouldn’t give Colin anything with caffeine in it as the 7-year-old has been incessantly chattering and jumping about the house today. Evan is a bit hyper also, as he’s trying to tell me what to write for this little caption. So, we sent the boys outside to “run around the block”: Colin...
WatchNSS08 Day 24: Evan’s Birthday/Swim party on Vimeo (via Vimeo). His birthday was in May, but we decided to have the friend birthday celebration when the weather got a bit nicer for a swim party. Fun was had, food was eaten, water was splashed.
WatchNSS 08 Day 23: Give two boys a cell phone on Vimeo (via Vimeo). Evan and Colin demonstrate how technologically savvy they are with their mother’s cell phone. Skip the texting and skip calling friends and go right for the ringtones. (You get a chance to her Lori’s choices…which do you have on your cell phone?)
WatchNSS08 Day 22: Happy Birthday Ken (with cake) on Vimeo (via Vimeo). My father in law’s birthday is tomorrow and we celebrated by eating pie at the Pie Pantry on College Ave. in Goshen. Happy birthday, Ken!
WatchNSS08 Day 21: Stop Action Movie-makers on Vimeo (via Vimeo); Using FrameByFrame, a video camera and the ol’ eMac, Evan and Colin make yet another SAM and Evan explains the process a bit. Then, as a special treat, we show you the result of the work from today: “Indiana Scones and the Giant Apple” by Colin. (You may want to turn it down at 2:01…it gets loud).
WatchNSS08 Day 20: Boys should clean their rooms on Vimeo (via Vimeo). And I got to help supervise the clean-up and while I’m here, I’ll show how we decorated their room.
WatchNSS08 Day 19: Shadow-making with Colin on Vimeo (via Vimeo). After piano lessons at Mrs. Hertzler’s house, Colin shows me some of his shadow art.
WatchNSS 08 Day 18: Geocaching with Ken on Vimeo (via Vimeo). My father-in-law recently got a GPS for his car and for geocaching (sort of a hide-and-seek for tech folk) and he takes us out for a hunt just south of town. Lots of fun and bugs were had. Here’s the “official” website for geocaching: geocaching.com/ and I’m sure there’s others much like it to satisfy the...
WatchMy Hello, World SAM on Flickr - Photo Sharing!
My first playing around with Stop Action Movie using FrameByFrame and a little iMovie. This was more of an experiment for Evan as he will certainly be making some SAMs this summer.
WatchNSS 08 Day 17: American Countryside® Farmers Market on Vimeo (via Vimeo) Just off US20 bypass at the CR19 intersection is a newer tourist place to get the feel of a country market and a brush with some of the Amish community. Lori tells me there will be fresh strawberry pies there and I follow.
If you’re traveling through Indiana on the north route, it may be a nice place to...
WatchNSS 08 Day 16: Picturetaking of writing people on Vimeo (via Vimeo) So, at the end of the institute, we take our group picture by the big marble ball thing in Coleman Hall. Mary is the director of the institute and you’ll see other people, some of whom I’ve known through the National Writing Project since 1997. Fun three days of writing.
WatchNSS08 Day 15: Haircuts…two bits! on Vimeo (via Vimeo) The family was getting their haircut at our usual place: Classic Cuts in Goshen. Colin’s a dinosaur, Lori’s been going to Kelly since high school and Evan is not very talkative.
WatchNSS08 Day 13: Welcome to Indiana (center) on Vimeo (via Vimeo) Just up the street from where I’ve been scoring beginning teacher portfolios is the Indiana Welcome Center! and I decided to take a look around the biggest part of the building: the indigenous Hoosier art.
WatchNSS08 Day 12: Monday Mornings with the CatLuke on Vimeo (via Vimeo); Don’t get me wrong: I like cats…but not this much. So, this is a typical morning with the CatLuke who simply has to be everywhere I go (I know how you feel, Mary) even if I really don’t want to be all “ah, let’s pet the cat hairball for awhile.” Thing is, he doesn’t do this to anyone else...
WatchNSS08 Day 11: Father’s Day present hunt on Vimeo (via Vimeo). As is the tradition in our household, presents are not merely given, but hidden. So, I run through the boy-written clues to find the gift that is mine (watch out, lots of stairs).
WatchNSS08: Plunging into Kohler toilet repair on Vimeo (via Vimeo). While Evan and friends watch YouTube videos and the CatLuke stretches, I embark on my favorite household repair: plumbing. My father-in-law and I share a certain distain for all-things-water repair, but I think I’ve got this one covered because I have the right parts. BTW, if you need a new ballcock assembly for a Kohler toilet,...
WatchNSS08 Day 9: Lego robots work on Vimeo (via Vimeo). Evan and his friend Andrew were teammates at the ETHOS Lego Robotic camp this week and their team, Stanley Demolition, got 3rd place.
WatchNSS08 Day 8: How to make a PBJY sandwich on Vimeo (via Vimeo). My sandwich chef friend, Colin, rejects my sandwich and makes his own: a PBJY. We discuss the options of the PBJ and end very happily eating our creation.
WatchNSS08 Day 7: Yes I can transfer laundry on Vimeo (via Vimeo) Though it is relatively impossible for the average male adult to finish what he starts, I somehow got the laundry moved from the washing machine to the dryer. (No updates on whether I then removed the clothes from the dryer and folded them _and_ put the clothes away).
WatchNSS08 Day 6: My new room, 108 on Vimeo (via Vimeo)
Colin is helping me today in putting away boxes of stuff and things off the floor so the maintenance crew can summer clean everything. I eventually just start putting books and all in every crevice I can find. (I’ll organize in 2 months).
WatchNSS 08 Day 5: Annoying you on Vimeo (via Vimeo). Colin is singing some song, but before we jump back into the pool, probably the most annoying ball-toy will sing to you.
WatchNSS08 Day 4: Jumping Pool Ball Boys on Vimeo (via Vimeo) No Socks Summer 2008: The Judson boys exhibit their talent of pool jumping with technique that can not be measured nor expressed.
WatchNSS Day 3: Hacking Volunteers on Vimeo (via Vimeo)
WatchNo Sock Summer Day 2: Walking Hammy
WatchNo Sock Summer: Day 1: Grilling Bubba Burgers