video – Out Of Their Minds Design

June 2013 in Audio and Video

VIDEO, June 9th
Click here to see and hear Nina doing her best to read a book. She’s working from memorization, of course, but still pretty cool!

VIDEO, June 24th
Click here to see… Nina and her class playing at Java Gym! This one is large because I wanted you to be able to make out her face as she bounds by. She’s so excited! Sadly Java Gym had to close its doors, so we can’t go there anymore.

VIDEO, June 24th
Click here to see… another video, this one will be blurry, but it gives you the general idea.

VIDEO, June 29th
Click here to see… Nina makes her own obstacle course at Jester’s Court, a different play area I’ve mentioned several times.

AUDIO, May 6th
Click here to hear an mp3 that is another one I’m recording just for kicks. The kids have a lion toy that they both played with as new borns and infants… it plays these songs when pulled. We thought the batteries died, but it turned out that it just need a tug in the right direction. That said, I could tell the batteries were failing, so I recorded this so that the kids could hear these songs again later in life.

May 2013 in Audio and Video

VIDEO, May 7th
Click here to see… the kids being goofballs outside. We say “I love you” a lot, Ian invades Nina’s personal space, and she has no problem showing him where he should be.

VIDEO, May 25th
Click here to see… another music video about the Cottage. Sort of can’t help it! This is fairly long, but also worth a click.

VIDEO, May 30th
Click here to see… a small portion of ian’s recital that is basically him saying good-bye to Kindergarten. (Although the actual graduation wasn’t until the next month.)

AUDIO, May 6th
Click here to hear an mp3 Nina giggling. Short-ish and sweet… night-night time for both kids.

AUDIO, May 21st
Click here to hear an mp3 wherein I left my iPhone on in my pocket by mistake. DANGER: This is LONG and LOUD, I don’t recommend it for most people. I love it though because it is a real slice of the way things were in May of 2013. It is after work for Melissa and I, and the kids really had a way of destroying what little patience we had left. (They still do, but you can tell everybody’s a bit more on edge back in May.) We just got out of a successful and happy conference, (Nina in parent/teacher… it went great!) so stuff should be good, but the kids can cause stress none-the-less, particularly when Melissa and I haven’t seen each other all day and are just trying to touch base. You’ll hear hits of everything. I’ll be honest, I’m mostly putting this here for me later in life, for a laugh. Of note to myself: This is about half of the clip. The bits that are missing are: the conference, walking to and from the car, and toy store browsing.

AUDIO, May 30th
Click here to hear an mp3 of Mommy and Daddy gushing with pride over their almost-graduated Kindergartener.

April 2013 in Audio and Video

VIDEO, April 8th
Click here to see… Nina’s interest held by Sonic the Hedgehog, for about 10 seconds.

VIDEO, April 26th
Click here to see… what happens when Grandma Sue and I picked up Nina. She’s a daddy’s girl, she can’t help it!

AUDIO, April 8th
Click here to hear an mp3 of a long Nina interview. When you hear this, keep in mind that she’s ONLY THREE!!! It is so hard to remember that sometimes!

AUDIO, April 25th
Click here to hear an mp3 of a long Nina interview as I drove her home from daycare.

AUDIO, April 26th
Click here to hear an mp3 of Grandma Sue reading to the little ones. (Nina in particular… who sounds pretty sure one guy pictured is a bad guy. Profiling!)

Again I think I missed out on a good audio clip. You’ll find this is a common theme across the next several months. I poured my heart into making a video game. I’m thankful for the support of my family.

VIDEO, March 17th
Click here to see my family going a bit nuts.

VIDEO, March 20th
Click here to see Ian engineering some audio.

VIDEO, March 31st
Click here to see the kids playing Rock Band. Connor singing a song from my youth!!

February 2013 in Video

No audio this time around. Not really all the surprising given how busy things got with Lilly Looking Through.

VIDEO, February 3rd
Click here to see Nina getting her Béyonce-inspired Super Bowl halftime groove on! (Note the bits where she can see the television and how her moves become more complex during those moments.)

VIDEO, February 4th
Click here to see… evidence that I’ve probably traumatized my son for life. This is the pivotal “Luke gets his hand chopped off and Darth Vader reveals his relationship to Luke” scene from Empire Strikes Back.

VIDEO, February 8th
Click here to see… Nina marching around.

VIDEO, February 8th
Click here to see… Daddy and Nina talking about her pancake recipe. I apologize for not letting the little girl speak much here. Worth a chuckle!

VIDEO, February 16th
Click here to see… well… I’m not sure what’s going on here. Nina channels Lady Gaga?

VIDEO, February 23rd
Click here to see… Ian and Nina discussing what is a letter, and what is a number.

VIDEO, February 27th
Click here to see… Nina singing her heart out.

January 2013 in Audio and Video

January 2013… We have nearly an entire year to make up the time on… I’m going to make it my mission to catch up before January of 2014, so stay tuned in, people!

VIDEO, January 16th
Click here to see… Ian and his class performing a nice song about dads… it’s a long video.

VIDEO, January 19th
Click here to see… the fastest shortest video ever! Nina grins! I thought my camera was taking pictures, not video! See, it happens to me too!

VIDEO, January 20th
Click here to see Ian watching one of the more emotional moments in Star Wars. “That’s a pretty sunset.” was great to share this with him. 🙂

VIDEO, January 27th
Click here to see Ian and Nina singing something… turn your speakers down or you are in for a surprise.

VIDEO, January 30th
Click here to see and hear Nina and I talking about “snowman’s” and videos!

AUDIO, January 24th
Click here to hear an mp3 of Nina kicking me out of her room when clearly I’m just trying to go “sleepies.”

AUDIO, January 26th
Click here to hear an mp3 of Nina and I talking about all kinds of stuff before she hits the sack. She pretty much tells me to get out at the end of this one too!!! 🙂

Goodbye 2012

And now, the final entry for 2012… December in video.

Click here to see a whole lot of jingle bells, as well as some other tunes. Some notes: The first bit has Nina being pointed in our direction. You can sort of see when she realizes it is us! The next segment features Mommy asking Nina to sing the snowman song, which Nina does not agree to. The third segment shows Ian, front and center in dark blue. The fifth shows Ian again… he’s the one that doesn’t put his arms up at first, lol… he gives a really cute smile too, but the resolution in this video doesn’t quite do the trick, sorry. The sixth segment is Nina singing the snowman song. Enjoy!

September Videos

Video, September
You’re going to love this one as the snow falls outside… Ian and Nina having a blast in the summer, with some music. To see this video, click here.

Video, September 9th
This is a quick video of Nina showing off her sunscreen lotion skills! To see this video, click here.

Video, September 11th
Nina blows some bubbles and perhaps drinks a little water? To see this video, click here.

July Video

Video, July 9th
On our trip to the Children’s Museum in GR, Nina sets the table with Ian. Listen for “I’m not ready! I still cooking dinner!” To see this video, click here.

Video, July 10th
Ok so this video is super big, clocking in at 20 MB… but well worth watching for Nina’s faces as we read a book about making faces. Please forgive Ian crying in the background. To see this video, click here.

Video, July 14th
Nina reading the “no no” book… She’s adorable in this one, check it out! To see this video, click here.

Video, July 10th and 15th
See Nina go from tackling a big wheel to riding on a bike with training wheels in a matter of days! To see this video, click here.

Video, July 16th
Ian and Nina attend Ian’s Tumble Time class! To see this video, click here.

Video, July 17th
Nina reads “What’s Up, Duck?” To see this video, click here.

Video, July 20th
Ian and I make faces in the bathroom mirror! To see this video, click here.

Video, July 21st
Ian and Nina do a little number at a shoe-store before heading off to rescue somebody! To see this video, click here.

Video, July 28th
Nina explains what’s happening while she’s playing… you’ll hear a lot about going to Java Gym, and heading to Target for snacks. To see this video, click here.

May Movies and Audio, Part II

Audio, May 4th
I can almost hear the laugh Uncle Chris would have over this audio clip. Right as I’m about to start an interview with Ian, he toots, and that pretty much ends that. To hear this audio, click here.

These are a little out of whack format-wise, but they’re still enjoyable. I’ll get all this stuff straightened out one of these days.

Video, May 20th
Ian dances while Nina plays guitar. I had to edit this down as there were many encores! To see this video, click here.

Video, May 21st
Nina impresses me all of the time. This stuff might also impress you for a 2.5 year old, but what’s really astonishing is that she’s doing even better since this video was taken, and that wasn’t all that long ago!!! To see this video, click here.