Clyde's two! Birthday Video!

2-8-13 - Clyde turned 2 years old and is very much the stereotypical energy filled little kid! Here's a video in 2 parts, part one is Clyde, Ryan, Caroline, and myself singing the classic happy birthday while Clyde blows out the candles. Part 2 is just Clyde being Clyde for your amusement.

Enjoy!

A couple of short vids

Here are a couple of raw (unedited) vids of me and the kids.

First it's Clyde just a running around Ryan's school one day.

This is me and the boys being boys.

A few photos

A selection of recent photos of the fam.

 Ryan working on a science project, measuring the soaking abilities of different types of paper.

Eating dinner. I have no idea why this photo was taken, but here it is.

Decorating the Christmas Tree

 Sick boy Ryan and his little brother Clyde

Ryan and a Christmas Camel.

Family Picture With Santa!

The Family Picture with Santa 2012

I Found It - Axel's Christmas!

I FOUND IT I FOUND IT!

My parents, Mom really, had this wacky old vinyl of Axel's Night Before Christmas. Now, Axel was a silly Scandoohovian character played by Clellan Card from the early radio and TV years, the old WCCO stuff.

Well, I found out my mom sadly sold that album, and thus I have been on a quest to find them. I still am looking for the actual vinyl pressing, but this day any digital version is fine by me. Well, last year I found the script to Axel's Night Before Christmas. I donning my memory cap created my own version of the radio play, including silly sound effects and voices. I then uploaded it to youtube.

Well, today, as I was surfing the web, I found that somebody has actually posted the 1938 Axel's Night Before Christmas on Youtube! It's wonderful to hear that silly show again!

So, here it is, my early pre-season gift to you.

Clellan Card as Axel, performing Axel's Night Before Christmas.

Well, what do you think, pretty great huh!

Now, for comparisons sake, here is my version. Please consider that I had the script, but I hadn't heard the true version in 20 plus years.

Happy Holidays everybody!

Spook Show!

Pirates Pictures 2012!

It's that time of the year again! SeaFair in Seattle!

And following our tradition, we capture yet one more picture with a SeaFair Pirate!

Now this year is special to me! The Man in Red, the Captain Kidd of the SeaFair Pirates for 2012 is a friend of mine, Lance, often know by his pirate name, Clapeye.

So, not only did we get a picture with a pirate but with a CAPTAIN no less!