Connor and Duncan cranked up the old phonograph and played an old 78rpm of Peter and the Wolf. I added a few clips from the Disney animated short film to help tell the story.
This is our most ambitious project so far. Connor and Duncan transformed themselves into space warriors for the afternoon and fought battles on the green screen! They were inserted into a world of space stations, plasma rifles and warp drive, but it all comes to a tragic end on the rebel ship. Have a look and see what all of the cool Dad's did this summer!
Well, they we're bugging me to do a cooking show for awhile, and since it's Christmas, I gave in.
Presenting, Connor's Ultimate Christmas Sandwich! Our chefs construct the perennial favorite Nutella Chocolate and Candy Cane Sandwiches (on Wonderbread!).
I took a trip of Hollywood movie homes. This was the house used for the original movie "Halloween" (1978) starring Jamie Lee Curtis and Donald Pleasence.
Three generations of Thompsons went to see Monster Truck Extravaganza for Father's Day at Scotiabank Place in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Here is the video I shot, along with some cool music to pump things up.
Here is the video of when we decided to climb the mountain at Amentea to visit the ruins of the lookout tower.
There are ruins of similar towers all along the coast of Italy. When the tower watchmen would spot invaders, they would light their signal fire to notify the adjacent towers along the coast, who would light their fires, and so on, and so on.
On New Year's Eve we took our young lads to the National Gallery of Canada to take in a little culture. They really enjoyed some of the works, but in particular, they enjoyed the giant baby. Not sure what I'm talking about? Watch the video of our outing to the National Gallery, and you will see! Oh, and it has an ending that little boys will love!
I recorded the total lunar eclipse on the evening of February 20th, 2008. It several hours from the beginning to the end, so I sped up the video by 1000x. Enjoy!
At the ripe old age of 5, Duncan got his first pair of roller blades this summer and had a blast getting used to them. In the end, he turned out to be a pretty good rollerblader, better than his Dad, anyway.
This year we went to the Canadian Aviation Museum for Canada Day. We saw a cool little airshow and everyone had lots of fun. We saw the Snowbirds, some vintage WWII aircraft flyovers and the Canadian Forces Sky Hawks parachute team. Who is the funnest Dad ever?
This isn't very interesting unless you're backyard astronomy geeks, which of course, we are. Every now and again we bundle up the kids and drag them outside to watch the International Space Station, and this time with her hitchhiker the Space Shuttle Endeavour, fly over the house at 17,000 mph. Everybody duck!
On June 13th, 2007 we were fortunate to meet Rich Ralph on his rollerblade trip across Canada to raise money for cancer research. We saw Rich and his support team heading south on Richmond Road in Kanata, Ontario. (just outside Ottawa). You can track Rich on his cross country rollerblade trek at www.SeeTheEnd.com. Good luck Rich!
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