I was smitten when my daughter told me she had an idea for a web application. We were at the book store and were talking about how expensive it can be to buy books. She thought it would be a great idea to create a website where her friends could list the books they each had and then setup book swaps. And poof! It was born...
Here are the mockups she drew today.Chasing a one year old around the neighborhood, as he yearns to be with the big kids, isn't always the best way to spend your afternoon. However, it provides plenty of opportunity to over-analyze the big kids and watch how they interact.
Today's hot activity was kick the can. A game I used to play for hours and hours growing up. Oddly, I found myself actually coaching my kids as if they were playing soccer or getting ready for a big swim race.
A few interesting observations about how the kids play...
It's great groundwork for negotiation skills in their adult lives.
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We found this goldfinch snacking on the sunflowers in the backyard so we repeated our earlier hack to catch this footage...
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With the Red Sox struggling so much offensively, the Tracys have been searching for a way to play their part in Red Sox Nation. We've been trying to figure out how to help bring the bats alive.
We did the only thing we could do... we brought out the Green Monster for a whiffle ball home run contest. Let's hope this helps!
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We've been enjoying the family nesting in our backyard, but couldn't always enjoy it from the backyard because the mom bird was always very anxious when we were around.
So we devised a video camera solution to capture some of the feeding action. We borrowed a planting stake from Mel's Green Garden and strapped the Flip to it using a miniature tripod. We videoed about thirty minutes of the bird house and managed to capture quite a few feedings. Then we fed it into movie maker to cut out most of the dead time. Too bad, we couldn't capture the time the mom spent sitting on top of the camera! Enjoy...
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My daughter is doing a book report on Jackie Robinson. As she started to get started with the research, she pieced together photos into a slide show using Animoto. It was a fun way for her to get started on the report.
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