Owen's homework. More stop motion...

Owens latest stop motion. This time for his homework with the class bear.

Owen stop motion

Using the rather excellent and rather free Lego stop motion app for kids Owen made this.

Surf's up...

Got Owen a wetsuit. We then went bodyboarding today in crazy winds with big waves. Owen loved it.
Happy days.

A social Odyssey.

Today I mostly updated my online presence by joining Instagram and Klout. After a day of taking pointless arty photos and making all my friends look at them, and becoming increasingly uneasy about the quality and pointlessness of my Internet use I have decided that I probably didn't really need to add 2 new social networks into my life...

Still. I did male my sister look slightly like a Jedi and take a photo of a mug, so not a completely wasted day.





Oh, and here's the boys on a wet Welsh holiday.

Beavers

...no not that. Don't be filthy.
Owen got invested at Beavers today.

Helping

Here's Aidan 'helping' fit the new house alarm.

A day on Jeff's farm with Aidan. Driving tractors and the like. Good times.

The National Space Centre

Took Le Garçon and Le Garçon Suplimentaires to The national space centre in Leicester today. Fuelled mainly by The Boys current obsession with space. It was excellent.

Skater boy

Now Owen has realised he can post pictures and video to the blog for "Granny and Alice and Grandad to see" he is on a mission to fill the Internet with media! Here's his latest effort.

The obligatory nativity costume shot

Tis the season. This year a shepherd and a king. As you can see, both over the moon at the prospect.

Owen's space calendar.

Flashmob Carol Singing

This year we tried Flashmob Carol singing for a change of pace. It was great - loads of fun. The massed choirs of HTC and The Cathedral made a splendid noise. Shame the videoing or video editing didn't match. Still - good times.

Catch up

Here's Owen making the most of his father Christmas hat by sleeping in it.






And here's the four cousins at the fifth cousin's baptism.

Chaps club

Chaps Club trip out to the stock cars. Good times.
The meeting point was by the electric caulking guns in B&Q. Here we are meeting there... Got a few strange looks!

Competitive boys

Wii sports is a serious business. It seems that the closer you get to the TV the better... Owen and Isaac demonstrate here:

Alfie's Baptism

The art of leadership

Me: You carry the bags
Owen: Why
Me: Because you're in charge of bags, you new job is 'Head of bags'
Owen: If I am 'Head if bags' then I can make someone else carry them because I am in charge.
Me: What will you do while they carry them?
Owen: Check they are carrying them right.

Such a good understanding of the mystical art of leadership from one so young....

...also an insufferable smart arse!

£250... Skater Boy

Such is Owen's obsession with You've been framed that no sooner had he fell over than he was shouting "frame it". Sent it in, fingers crossed.

Flow charts

You can't beat a good flow chart. Here's two very useful ones.

Wedding

Chris and Brittany got married yesterday.
Smart boys. Good wedding.