Saturday, July 9, 2011

Clean Sweep

In anticipation of our trip back east, I finally got around to transferring our videos from the camcorder to the computer. We had wanted to put them on our iMac but it turns out our version of iMovie won't accept these files. Long story short, we need to upgrade from the "Tiger" to the "Snowleopard," as I learned on the phone today.


In the meantime, I was able to install on my laptop the PC-friendly software that came with camcorder and then transferred the videos. The good news for the blog is that now I can upload videos that will actually have sound, unlike the videos that were shot simply with our camera.


For example, here is one of Michael a few days ago, when he was in the mood for cleaning. He loves the broom!



Monday, July 4, 2011

More Firetrucks and the Fourth of July

Well a few weeks have passed here on Bainbridge Island but not without another opportunity to get up close and personal with some fire trucks. Every June the BIFD pulls out all of its equipment and trucks for kids who come from all over to explore. The special highlight of this visit was to see the ladder truck in action. A teenager (a son of a firefighter, we assumed) climbed in the basket, and soon the ladder was extending skyward.





In no time, it was fully erect:

Of course, Michael enjoyed sitting in the driver's seat again, and this time he managed to leave the yellow button alone (see previous post).

Some of the bigger kids were able to spray firehoses at this little house, and Michael enjoyed watching the action.

Then there was this little photo op; as you can see, Michael had a hard time giving himself over to the magic of the cut-out mural boards. Fortunately, I had enough enthusiasm for both of us.

The next day we stopped by the Science Center, where we are proud new members. Not surprisingly, he was again drawn to anything with wheels.


Moving into July, here is Michael sporting a preppy look for the Fourth.



He and Emily on the lookout for the parade to begin:



And after the parade, Michael wanted to check some baseball scores and wondered why his mom and dad are the last people in the country who still have flip phones. Apparently, the old-school phone ruined the look; sorry, bud.