Happy Birthday to Jack!

The time has come... I am branching out... to video clips on the blog! Thank you, Google and all you code monkeys, for making this so easy.

Jack is another one of my adorable nephews. His 3rd birthday party was this last weekend, and I decided to try using the i-movie application of my Macbook to record segments of the party. Now I am a huge fan of my macbook. It's light weight, user friendly, and doesn't mind that I almost never shut it down properly. But I have to point out one obvious (to me) flaw with the i-movie application: anyone you are filming can SEE that you are filming them. Since the camera is at the top of the screen, you have to point the screen at the person you are filming, and they see the recording on the screen. That means little kids are wholly distracted from whatever adorable thing they were saying, once they see their cute faces staring back at them on the computer.

Example:
(two more of my adorable nephews)


However, despite the awkwardness of carrying around a computer to take a video, and the problem with adorable nephews reacting to their own large faces projected on the screen, the i-Movie application got the job done.

The party was so much fun. My nephews seem to have a love/hate relationship with each other, but over all they play well together. Jack really enjoyed the game of hide-and-seek that all the aunts/uncles/grandparents/cousins took part in.

Here are a couple of my favorite clips from the evening:



Happy Birthday, Jack!



A word on the house: we are checking our emails about every 15 minutes, looking for updates on the house. We put in an offer yesterday and are eager to hear back! Will keep you posted...