Cool Things Your Kids Do! - Page 11

ZenGum · 06-04-2009, 02:35 AM

Just a random thought....

After Sheldon posted in the "pictures of your offspring" thread ...

please, no.

Not here.

SteveDallas · 06-04-2009, 09:54 AM

Miss Dallas and Young Master Dallas both auditioned for a local youth orchestra on Saturday. Last night we learned by email that they both got in.

It was almost a shoe-in for Miss Dallas, even though she's mentally checking out of almost everything requiring effort as the school year ends. There are very few orchestras at this level that don't need every competent cellist they can get their hands on.

As a trumpet player, and considerably younger (going into 5th grade) than most of the kids in the orchestra (8th-9th for the most part), Young Master Dallas was much more doubtful. He's very good, but just from a numbers standpoint they were unlikely to be looking for more than one or at most two new trumpets.

Flint · 06-04-2009, 10:04 AM

The girl has developed a new art technique:

1) Find a wet patch on the back porch where the water hose leaks;
2) rub large-sized sidewalk chalk into the wet area to create a highly-pigmented paste (looks like oil pastels);
3) place your tiny, cute hands in the paste and then make little colorful handprints all over stuff in the backyard.

I think this is pretty creative for a 2 year-old kid to have come up with completely on her own.

Juniper · 06-04-2009, 11:31 AM

That IS very creative, Flint!

Queen of the Ryche · 06-04-2009, 04:27 PM

Love it Flint!

And woo hoo Dallas juniors!

What about your littel cheerleader, Juni?

Princess OTR "graduates" from Kindergarten tomorrow - we got the letter last week confirming she will be in the "gifted" classes for First Grade. Yes, I am bragging.

DanaC · 06-04-2009, 04:32 PM

Yeah what happ with iddy biddy cheer leader?

Griff · 06-04-2009, 04:42 PM

Cool stuff guys!

Juniper · 06-04-2009, 08:13 PM

She's not itty bitty -- she is taller than me!

And...she made the squad! Yippee!

That means...um, another $350 added to the pay-to-play costs. But that's a lot cheaper than what the private gym charged for the all-star squad last year, so I'm not complaining. I don't have to buy her uniform or warm-ups, they're borrowed from the school. I think the only expense besides pay-to-play is the shoes ($70 for competition shoes, $40 for the sidelines shoes, yes, of course they must use different ones) and travel expenses for all these competitions, some out of state. Fun!

It also means NO EYE GLITTER! (whew!)

DanaC · 06-04-2009, 08:14 PM

Oh huge congrats to the new all-star!

Queen of the Ryche · 06-09-2009, 10:54 AM

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Kindergarten Graduation! Woot Woot!
This was the "unofficial" celebration - (I promise she dresed up way more for the real thing...)

Juniper · 06-09-2009, 11:30 AM

Ain't that sweet! I don't think my kids had a K graduation. Preschool, yes.

Beest · 06-26-2009, 11:06 AM

Thors first lego stop motion animation. ( mine too, I'm figuring it out as we go along). It's importnat that it's on you tube, as they watch a lot of lego stuff there (a lot of which is very good)

No sound as yet.

The plot, truck carrying bomb, overshhots mark, reverses, drops off bomb.
Storm trooper kicks bomb back onto truck, blasts bomb, which explodes.
Stormtroopers rejoice

Juniper · 06-26-2009, 12:27 PM

My son loves doing that stuff, but we haven't figured out how to make an actual video yet. I admit, I haven't been motivated to try.

How do you do it? What do you use? He's made a lot of photo series/slideshows. Very creative.

Shawnee123 · 06-26-2009, 12:48 PM

Bravo, Thor!

monster · 06-26-2009, 12:50 PM

Did you see how awesomely they set the scene? putting fake dust on that shelf and everything

06-04-2009, 02:35 AM	#151
ZenGum Doctor Wtf Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Badelaide, Baustralia Posts: 12,861	Just a random thought.... After Sheldon posted in the "pictures of your offspring" thread ... please, no. Not here. __________________ Shut up and hug. MoreThanPretty, Nov 5, 2008. Just because I'm nominally polite, does not make me a pussy. Sundae Girl.

06-04-2009, 10:04 AM	#153
Flint Snowflake Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Dystopia Posts: 13,136	The girl has developed a new art technique: 1) Find a wet patch on the back porch where the water hose leaks; 2) rub large-sized sidewalk chalk into the wet area to create a highly-pigmented paste (looks like oil pastels); 3) place your tiny, cute hands in the paste and then make little colorful handprints all over stuff in the backyard. I think this is pretty creative for a 2 year-old kid to have come up with completely on her own. __________________ **************** There's a level of facility that everyone needs to accomplish, and from there it's a matter of deciding for yourself how important ultra-facility is to your expression. ... I found, like Joseph Campbell said, if you just follow whatever gives you a little joy or excitement or awe, then you're on the right track. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Terry Bozzio**

06-04-2009, 04:27 PM	#155
Queen of the Ryche is fleeing the scene Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Beautiful CO Posts: 1,510	Love it Flint! And woo hoo Dallas juniors! What about your littel cheerleader, Juni? Princess OTR "graduates" from Kindergarten tomorrow - we got the letter last week confirming she will be in the "gifted" classes for First Grade. Yes, I am bragging. __________________ Once, in an interview, Chuck Norris admitted that he was not the most awesome thing ever. He declined to elaborate; but I believe we all know that he was referring to the existence of chocolate covered bacon. I'd rather be judged by twelve than carried by six.

06-04-2009, 04:42 PM	#157
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	Cool stuff guys! __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

06-04-2009, 08:13 PM	#158
Juniper I know, right? Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 1,539	She's not itty bitty -- she is taller than me! And...she made the squad! Yippee! That means...um, another $350 added to the pay-to-play costs. But that's a lot cheaper than what the private gym charged for the all-star squad last year, so I'm not complaining. I don't have to buy her uniform or warm-ups, they're borrowed from the school. I think the only expense besides pay-to-play is the shoes ($70 for competition shoes, $40 for the sidelines shoes, yes, of course they must use different ones) and travel expenses for all these competitions, some out of state. Fun! It also means NO EYE GLITTER! (whew!) Attached Images Last edited by Juniper; 06-04-2009 at 08:20 PM.

06-04-2009, 09:54 AM	#152
SteveDallas Your Bartender Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Philly Burbs, PA Posts: 7,651	Miss Dallas and Young Master Dallas both auditioned for a local youth orchestra on Saturday. Last night we learned by email that they both got in. It was almost a shoe-in for Miss Dallas, even though she's mentally checking out of almost everything requiring effort as the school year ends. There are very few orchestras at this level that don't need every competent cellist they can get their hands on. As a trumpet player, and considerably younger (going into 5th grade) than most of the kids in the orchestra (8th-9th for the most part), Young Master Dallas was much more doubtful. He's very good, but just from a numbers standpoint they were unlikely to be looking for more than one or at most two new trumpets.

06-04-2009, 11:31 AM	#154
Juniper I know, right? Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 1,539	That IS very creative, Flint!

06-09-2009, 10:54 AM	#160
Queen of the Ryche is fleeing the scene Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Beautiful CO Posts: 1,510	It went way too fast... Kindergarten Graduation! Woot Woot! This was the "unofficial" celebration - (I promise she dresed up way more for the real thing...) __________________ Once, in an interview, Chuck Norris admitted that he was not the most awesome thing ever. He declined to elaborate; but I believe we all know that he was referring to the existence of chocolate covered bacon. I'd rather be judged by twelve than carried by six.

06-09-2009, 11:30 AM	#161
Juniper I know, right? Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 1,539	Ain't that sweet! I don't think my kids had a K graduation. Preschool, yes.

06-26-2009, 11:06 AM	#162
Beest Adapt and Survive Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Ann Arbor, Mi Posts: 957	Thors first lego stop motion animation. ( mine too, I'm figuring it out as we go along). It's importnat that it's on you tube, as they watch a lot of lego stuff there (a lot of which is very good) No sound as yet. The plot, truck carrying bomb, overshhots mark, reverses, drops off bomb. Storm trooper kicks bomb back onto truck, blasts bomb, which explodes. Stormtroopers rejoice

06-26-2009, 12:27 PM	#163
Juniper I know, right? Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 1,539	My son loves doing that stuff, but we haven't figured out how to make an actual video yet. I admit, I haven't been motivated to try. How do you do it? What do you use? He's made a lot of photo series/slideshows. Very creative.

06-26-2009, 12:48 PM	#164
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	Bravo, Thor! __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby

06-26-2009, 12:50 PM	#165
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	Did you see how awesomely they set the scene? putting fake dust on that shelf and everything __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

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