The SpongeBob Musical at CPA

We've had a lot of SpongeBob in our lives lately. You might remember Veronica was in a high school production at Ashland near the end of summer. Immediately after that, she started a middle school production at Children's Performing Arts. This time she played Karen, the personification of a computer who is married to evil single-celled organism, and it was so much fun to watch what she did with the role!

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Friends from school (photo by Linda):

Selfie by Linda:

As usual we weren't allowed to use our phones during the show, but I'm worried they won't be selling a recording this time, so I captured this little clip with a hidden phone camera:

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Post-rehearsal bagel with sprinkles

Omri joined too because he doesn't want anybody eating bagels without him.

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Eagan Art Block Film Festival 2024

"Waking World" showed at the Eagan Art Block Short Film Festival last weekend, and it was another fantastic night. Veronica, the star of the film, accompanied me. It was her first time watching it because she hasn't been able to bear seeing herself onscreen (and I, honestly, was more nervous about showing it to her than the rest of the sold-out movie theater). Our film is a small-scale production, but it held its own against some, admittedly, more impressive films with much larger casts and crews. We participated in the Q&A afterwards where shared our inspiration behind the film, some of the challenges we faced, and some thoughts about our use of color (that even tied into the red shirts we wore to the festival).

We were the last film of the night:

The audio and video scaled up well in the theater. I was happy with the presentation!

I submitted the film to one other festival (in addition to some others we've already been rejected by) and maybe we'll try for a few more, but getting accepted seems like a long shot. I am starting to get excited to move on and make something new, something potentially bigger.

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Back to the Future the Musical

R took the kids to see Back to the Future The Musical at the Orpheum in Minneapolis. It sounded like a fun show!

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Gracie Abrams concert

Fun night out with Veronica! Gracie Abrams has opened for Taylor Swift, which has brought her a lot attention (also interesting fact: her dad is J.J. Abrams, the director of the Lost pilot, The Force Awakens, and a bunch of other movies). She has bigger following than I expected. V is a fan, so we checked her out at The Armory in Minneapolis. She put on a great show!

 


V left me for a bit to get a better view:

Some video clips:

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Veronica's babysitting service

V made these flyers and is distributing them to families with small kids in the neighborhood. I removed her number from this photo, so let me know if you are need of some babysitting at a very reasonable price!

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We made a boat

... a pirate ship, to be more specific.

This was a fun little project that Omri and I worked on together when he needed a boat for some battles between action figures.

I love having creative projects to work on with this kid.

By the way, we are looking for a home for the big "cardboard racetrack" we spent many hours building. It will be difficult for me to part with, so I'd like to give it to somebody who will love it as much as we do. I took some photos/video of it as well and will be posting sometime soon.

 

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Recent selfies

These are all from the last month. Just wanted to throw them out there.

State Fair:

Big Dipper ice cream after a ride, while the ladies were at the Ren Fair:

Twins hat twins:

Dinner at Churchill Street:

Dinner at Bang Brewing:

Date night at Centro:

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Omri turns 10

Omri woke up on Tuesday to a gift that was not the shape or size he was expecting to see.

It started him on a bit of a scavenger hunt.

A video on the "old phone" told him where the actual gift was hidden:

Back to where he started, to open his first iPad!

We went out to Parlour in St. Paul for burgers (although I didn't get any great photos there):

Dan took this one of us outside the restaurant (Veronica was at rehearsal and couldn't join us):

Back home for our annual candle photo with leftover ice cream cake:

Hope you had a great birthday, buddy!

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Omri's 10th birthday sleepover

We scaled back the numbers of party guests this year to just two but increased the duration to 22 hours!

We started at SkyZone:

That's Omri falling in the background:

Time to cool off:

Bros:

Then it was back home for burgers and corn from the grill:

Gifts:

Such good friends!

Cake:

Big Dipper ice cream cakes are soooooo good!

Great weather for The Simpsons out on the deck:

And, of course, there was a sleepover involved and more hanging out the next morning. Seemed like a good time (and was significantly less stressful for me than some the larger parties we held). Yay for turning 10!

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Happy golden birthday, Omri!

Mr. Omri Boy, the big guy himself, turns 10 today. What a lucky dad I am to have had him in my life for a whole decade! I am excited to see what the next one brings!

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Friday, September 6, 2024

Ren Fest 2024

These two beauties had a good time at the Renaissance Festival on Labor Day! (Photos by R)

 

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