First video
This is a short video I made with the Xacti camera just before we left Kalgoorlie. It’s Jim and Maggie performing a very disjointed version of Ba Ba Blacksheep.
I tried to film Princess the pup tonight, but it came out pretty dark and there was a lot of background noise.
I’ve got a lot to learn about using this camera. it should be fun though, if I can find the time.
Maggie’s voice
I tried to get Jim to talk into the recorder today, but he wouldn’t. So here is Maggie again:
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Birthday video
Here’s a brief video of Maggie opening one of her birthday presents:
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Jim sings Puff the Magic Dragon
I’m thinking a lot about the twins tonight because it’s their fourth birthday tomorrow. Jim likes singing. His favorite songs at the moment are Jingle Bells and Puff the Magic Dragon. Here he is singing Puff:
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The twins are four!
James and Margaret will be four years old in a few hours. On one hand it seems like yesterday they were born. On the other hand it seems like they’ve been part of our lives forever.
They have unique personalities and they’re much more outgoing than Kathleen and Michael were at the same age.
Jim is a computer wizard and as the previous post describes, Maggie is handy with a digital camera. I think they’re both advanced for their age, especially Jim.
Margaret: Self portrait
Maggie took this photo of herself. I thought there was something wrong when I took four pictures tonight, went to download them and found 47 items on the memory card.
Maggie and Jim agreed it was the female twin responsible for the other 43. There were pictures of the roof, wall, pillows, Jim at the computer and this artistic self portrait. Not bad for nearly four years old.
Maggie’s voice ‘on the record’
Anyone with small children will know how they like to repeat bland jokes. Margaret was doing that tonight, so I decided to get her on the record.
I used my mobile phone to record her voice in OneNote and synced it to my PC in wav format. It was 1.1MB for this small exchange. I then used Zamzar free file conversion to make an MP3 version at 211kb, which you can now hear:
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Busy day, busy week ahead
Today was the St Barbara’s Festival Parade in Kalgoorlie. I wrote about it last year, but in brief it’s the city’s community festival in honor of the mining industry.
We were fortunate to have 28-degree weather after some forties during the week. I took Michael, Jim and one of Michael’s friends to the parade. They had a lot of fun watching the floats and collecting lollies.
The girls stayed home to prepare for Maggie’s first dancing concert, which began at 7pm.
After the parade finished I rushed Michael’s friend home and navigated the blocked streets to reach the Goldfields Arts Centre just in time. This is a great venue. I know the manager through Rotary and she does a fantastic job under difficult circumstances. Read more
Children’s height
I just measured Jim and Maggie for the first time in months. They will both have their fourth birthday on December 16.
According to this reference, boys and girls should be about the same height at four years old. The median height for both sexes at four is 102cm (about 40 inches).
James is 102cm and Maggie 97cm (two inches difference).
Twins are a handful
Jim and Maggie will be four years old in December. They are a real handful compared with our older children at the same age. I think they feed off each other in terms of mischief and try to emulate the older kids in achievement.
Maggie made scrambled eggs today. I dozed off and Michael was outside playing his Sony. Juliet and Kathleen came home from shopping and found the hotplates on.
Maggie had broken the eggs and added various ingredients. She put in too much milk, otherwise the eggs would have been perfect.
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