Shutter Shades

I told you it would happen.  Madison got her shutter shades, which are retro cool like our new series that we'll start tomorrow.  It's called "Get Wild," where we'll be seeing all kinds of unique exotic birds to start out with.  The look of the series is 80's retro, hence the glasses above.  These are for the display case that Mommy made up, currently resting on a Panda bear that Madison has named "Pandy."  He also has a gold chain around his neck.

We shot videos today also, and since our theme was about exotic birds tomorrow, we did a video about flamingos.  Since Daddy wanted footage of flamingos for this video, it was off to the main library in Cumming to pick up a video, "The Crimson Wing."  Which sounds like a fighter pilot in the Pacific Campaign or something.  But it's actually a decent movie.  We'll show a bit of that, and we'll also probably show the entire 1:51 of the flamingo with a yo-yo from "Fantasia 2000."

We hadn't been to this library before, so we naturally spent a little time there before moving on.  One of the neat little features there was a story book trail.  We walked outside through a garden - out the back door.  Following the path, we'd see - and read - different pages of a story about a frog named Charles, or Charlie in the end.  It was perfect weather for this sort of thing, and the three of us enjoyed walking along outside, and reading as well.  Add one more book to the reading program, but this was a great idea.

Afterwards, we raced to the church to get some work done.  Mommy went out afterwards to get shutter glasses for her side of things, but we spent most of the day at work today, preparing for the service tomorrow.  Madison watched movies and played games - and helped put books in chairs, or carry things around.  She was there for the shooting of our flamingo video too.  Speaking of which, here's the skit we made up - you can read that as we get back to work on the stage, music, banners and videos for tomorrow:

FLAMINGO FUN

HOST:  “Hello there!  What color is a flamingo?”

HOST 2 jumps in.

HOST 2:  "Pink!  It's pink!"

HOST looks a bit surprised for a moment, and holds up a lawn ornament.

 

HOST: “ Right!  They’re pink.  But did you know why they are pink?"

HOST 2:  "Because girls like flamingos, and girls like pink."

HOST continues patiently, still upbeat.

HOST:  "No!  It’s actually because of the food that flamingos eat.”

CUT TO SHOT OF FLAMINGOS

HOST’S VOICE:  “Flamingos eat a lot of different things – but one thing they love is plankton.”

CUT TO VIDEO SHOT OF PLANKTON LOOKING FEARFUL:  “What?”

CUT BACK TO VIDEO SHOT OF FLAMINGOS

HOST’S VOICE: “Inside this plankton are something called carotenoids, which have a pink pigment inside. You can tell a strong and healthy flamingo when you’re around one. The more the flamingo eats, the more pink its feathers turn. “

CUT BACK TO HOST

HOST:  “We can learn a lot from the birds.  Let me share a scripture with you.”

CUT TO SCRIPTURE:  Luke 6:45

HOST’S VOICE:  “A good man says good things.  These come from the good that is put away in his heart.  An evil man says evil things.  These come from the evil that is put away in his heart.  Their mouths say everything that is in their hearts.”

CUT TO HOST

HOST:  “With the flamingo, you can see the evidence on the outside of what it’s been doing.  But the same thing can be said with we humans.  If you’ve been feeding on God’s word – reading and praying each day – others will see the evidence of that on the outside.”

HOST 2:  "You'll turn pink!"

HOST looks perplexed.

HOST:  "NO.  Look, just ... just stop, okay?  Go sit over there."

HOST 2 sulks off as HOST looks back at camera, upbeat.

HOST: “What are you feeding your spirit?  Hopefully it’s something good, because people are looking at you.  And they can see the evidence of how you’re living.”