Day 68: Rock N’ Roll!
With school now out for the year, it’s official summertime for the kids. Early Friday morning, we heard a racket upstairs and quickly realized that our kids were jumping in on a longtime American summer tradition: forming a rock band.
That gathered their instruments from the play room and spent the better part of the morning jamming. Here is the world premier video from Amelia and Henry: “Rock N’ Roll.
I think they’ve got something there. Amelia has the driving punk rock Ramones-esque stance down, and Henry is definitely at home pounding the drums. He has a kind of elastic, post-bop Elvin Jones rhythm going on.
After their morning session, the two went on doing their usual thing for the day, playing around the house, eating and running around. Erin and I had packed days of work and other odds and ends that kept us occupied. Nothing blogworthy, per se, but man it was another hectic day in a hectic week. This was one of those weeks that had so much in it, on both the work and home front, that I think I woke up every day thinking it was Friday. I was relieved that it finally turned out to be right.
That afternoon, Erin’s dad came over to help with some lawn and garden work. It was a beautiful afternoon, and we were enjoying some time outside. The kids had lots of fun chasing around the backyard.
Grandma and Pop-Pop joined us again for dinner. The kids once again took their meal in the playhouse.
After dinner, I played a little baseball with the kids. Unfortunately, they have both now made it their goal to hit “home runs,” which is when the ball flies over our fence and dad has to run into the street to get it. Let’s just say it was a very high scoring game.
After the grandparents went home, the kids took in their probably 80th viewing of Scoob! this week. We have gotten a very solid ROI on the purchase of that movie. And later on I joined my friends around the country for a viewing of Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan.
I have probably seen THAT movie around 80 times, and while it has some occasionally questionable costume design and no shortage of overacting, it is a classic for good reason and I still love that movie. I think the Academy should establish a special Ricardo Montalban Award at the Oscars for excellence in melodramatic villainy.
That gathered their instruments from the play room and spent the better part of the morning jamming. Here is the world premier video from Amelia and Henry: “Rock N’ Roll.
I think they’ve got something there. Amelia has the driving punk rock Ramones-esque stance down, and Henry is definitely at home pounding the drums. He has a kind of elastic, post-bop Elvin Jones rhythm going on.
After their morning session, the two went on doing their usual thing for the day, playing around the house, eating and running around. Erin and I had packed days of work and other odds and ends that kept us occupied. Nothing blogworthy, per se, but man it was another hectic day in a hectic week. This was one of those weeks that had so much in it, on both the work and home front, that I think I woke up every day thinking it was Friday. I was relieved that it finally turned out to be right.
That afternoon, Erin’s dad came over to help with some lawn and garden work. It was a beautiful afternoon, and we were enjoying some time outside. The kids had lots of fun chasing around the backyard.
Grandma and Pop-Pop joined us again for dinner. The kids once again took their meal in the playhouse.
After dinner, I played a little baseball with the kids. Unfortunately, they have both now made it their goal to hit “home runs,” which is when the ball flies over our fence and dad has to run into the street to get it. Let’s just say it was a very high scoring game.
After the grandparents went home, the kids took in their probably 80th viewing of Scoob! this week. We have gotten a very solid ROI on the purchase of that movie. And later on I joined my friends around the country for a viewing of Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan.
I have probably seen THAT movie around 80 times, and while it has some occasionally questionable costume design and no shortage of overacting, it is a classic for good reason and I still love that movie. I think the Academy should establish a special Ricardo Montalban Award at the Oscars for excellence in melodramatic villainy.
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