We'd been learning about the fall of man during advent, and Joshua made this one Sunday morning - completely off the cuff, and with no encouragement from me. He used the Mister Maker Magic Paintbox on the CBeebies website to draw the pictures, and then when he'd completed the sequence he replayed it in fast motion. I then video captured this, and he added a narrative.
Josh had this idea for building a house in Minecraft that he'd rigged with TNT, and then getting Thomas to spring a booby trap. I had the idea of turning the whole thing into a Beadle's About type stunt.
Josh's birthday party, 2013 - mad scientists ahoy. So, obviously we did this.
Josh's school project was to design and invent something, so he came up with a Heath Robinson style alarm clock, which he then rendered in Lego. This is the accompanying documentary. Listen out for Homer Simpson.
Bits of Pembrokeshire, bits of Bristol, and some really rather disturbing footage of James on a zip wire. (He's lost quite a bit of weight since then.)
Cousin Benjamin was visiting, and Joshua kept him amused.
Daniel loves this show. Can you tell?
Joshua created his Lego garden as part of a school project. Taking the thing into school was impractical, so we opted for photos - and then decided, in the manner of the videos on the Lego website (which was where we found Mr Snail), to film him doing a guided tour and talking about some of the specifics. This was right before we had the Cybermen trash it.
Mike Oldfield, sandcastles, rock pools, several aborted attempts at a summer project for Thomas...oh, and our Olympics homage. Well, you didn't think it was going to be an ordinary holiday video, did you?
Joshua finds a novel use for a waste bin lid. (Well, the Daleks were basically dustbins on wheels.)
Daniel opens his birthday present from Uncle David, to much oohing.
You kind of have to be up on internet history to understand what on earth Daniel is doing here, but if you're still clueless, this will provide an answer.
Thomas had (more or less) taught himself to read by early 2012, as you can see here. The Big Pancake is one of his favourite stories; The Gingerbread Man is another. He likes his food, does Thomas.
Daniel goes through Donaldson and Scheffler's classic, mostly from memory. Sorry about the poor lighting.
Here's that dance in full - more or less. Those of you who were there will remember this. Those who weren't...I'm sorry. I'm so sorry.
A few years back, I prepared a re-edited DVD of our wedding video as an anniversary gift. One of the 'special features' was a music video of Angry Anderson's 'Suddenly', with Kylie and Jason removed and the two of us pasted in. In October 2011 I dusted it down and re-edited it so there's less of Anderson's bald noggin and quite a bit more of us.
Daniel deals with his Doctor Who fixation as only he can.
Look what I found in my kitchen
Thomas tackles Eric Carle's masterpiece. Twice. (You don't get to see the second time, because he got bored, so I cut it.)
Thomas has a tendency to get rather excited by the song he refers to as 'Scaramouche'. As you can see.
Thomas reads to Daniel.
The full-length cut of our 2011 holiday video, as filmed in and en route to Butlins, Minehead. Done in a Talking Heads style set of monologues to camera, some of which I now realise are far less amusing than I thought when I did them, interspersed with stuff we did. Featuring the cast of Lazytown, the Fat Controller and a Cyberman or two, plus a fair bit of ranting about Barney. Should you not have half an hour to spare, an abbreviated (fifteeen minute) cut is available here.
Shot in the bathroom one evening in December 2010. Sorry it's a bit muffled.
Thomas reads a Charlie and Lola story in his inimitable style.