Vanya Home Movies
| Nothing Happens in This One | |
 | I was probably trying to get everyone to sing or something, but this video got hijacked by Vanya before it got started. July 30, 2010 |
| Car Trip Fight? | |
 | Jake and Vanya irritate each other on a car ride. Or perhaps they're just irritating the adults. Watch and come up with your own judgment. Sorry about the quality of this one. It was way too dark in the car to get a good pic with my camera. I used software to brighten it enough to see, but the remaining picture is noisy, and there are those black bars for some reason or other. July 28, 2010 |
| Remote Control Boat | |
 | Vanya tries to influence the course of the remote control boat through body English, while Jake drives it all around the lake. July 26, 2010 |
| Splinter Removal | |
 | Vanya had a pretty good run of picking up splinters from the deck during vacation at a rental house in Tennessee. We're on Watts Bar Lake. Background musics is "Sweet Melissa" by the Allman Brothers, which seems like fitting music for shirtless barefoot people in rural Tennessee. July 25, 2010 |
| First T-Ball Game: Fielding | |
 | During the first T-ball game, Vanya wasn't really comfortable chasing and fielding the ball yet. At least he had the grabbing of his junk down. 6/22/2010 |
| New Knives | |
 | I made fun of Crystal for having a shitload of those plastic spatula-spoon things, and commented that our kid would love to have them. Later, a couple of them showed up in the mail for him. This video is right after he unpacked his gift on 4/7/10. By the way, he doesn't usually wear the redneck sleeveless t's, and I think this is the only video I have where he is so dressed. |
| Superhero and Bartender University Just Added a Pre K Section | |
 | SBU also won their conference tournament and drew a seed in the NCAAs this year. This is from dinner and cocktail time on 2/17/2010. |
| Close Your Eyes and Count to Four, the Sequel | |
 | This is how we spend many of our evenings. This was 12/2/09. |
| Close Your Eyes and Count to Four | |
 | Playtime in the airport on our way to return home on Thanksgiving weekend. "Close your eyes and count to four" is a close cousin of hide and seek, except that you only get to count to four, and if you're it, your're it forever. Also, the person hiding is usually the one to shout, "ready or not, here I come!" 11/27/2009 |
| Football with Batman | |
 | There was an LSU Tailgate party the weekend before Halloween, and we let Vanya wear his Batman costume to the game. He and I crossed the street to play in a field for a little while in the afternoon. 10/24/09 |
| On the Beach | |
 | Vanya makes sure the kayak is high and dry after a paddle. Moose Pond, Maine, August 2, 2009. |
| Strongest Man Competition | |
 | I was cleaning up the kitchen on July 18, 2009, when this site came through. It's a pretty funny one. By the way, this is my first HD video that I've uploaded. The quality improvement is obvious. |
| Chasing Birds in Boston | |
 | The pigeons in Boston may never rest easy again. 7/31/09 |
| Clementine | |
 | Recording a current song favorite. 7/26/09 |
| "I Think He's Going To Be Worse Than Sam" | |
 | In which my son won't shut up, so we amuse each other by comparing him with family members who aren't present. Recorded 11/16/08 |
| Christmas Tree Decorating 2008 | |
 | Recorded 12/3/08 |
| Playing with the Goat | |
 | Vanya plays with the baby goat at his grandparents' house. |
| Cat House/Goat Search | |
 | Vanya starts in the cat house at his grandmothers, then moves outside to go look for the baby goat. Recorded 6/14/2008 |
| New Tricycle | |
 | May 19 was the anniversary of the day that we picked up Vanya at the orphanage. We got him a tricycle as a present that day. This is one of his first days learning to ride. It's just the smallest bit too big for him here. Recorded 5/25/08. |