THE SIMPSONS NEWS

Stressing out a bit on how slow I am in getting my scenes done.  It didn’t help that I had to take a sick day on Friday either (more on that below).  It also doesn’t help that the program I’m using is a bit buggy and I need to tip toe around doing some thing so that it doesn’t mess up on me.

I managed to see the final color of the new Simpsons opening titles.  I have to admit it’s grown on me.  Perhaps the only thing I don’t like is some of the animation in one scene isn’t as good as the original.  I made sure, when I re-drew Maggie on model in the car sequence, that I matched the animation as best as I could, stretching her little hands where it was meant to stretch and keeping the overall rhythm of the original. Unfortunately, not everyone who re-drew the characters payed as much attention to those details.  There is one character in particular who got re-drawn really stiff and wierd in one scene.  Oh well, I’m sure I’m the only one that will notice it.

FAMILY

Dante celebrated his first birthday on the 31st.  I took him out of his crib with a big smile on his face as I sang him happy birthday.  It went up hill for him from there on out.  We had invited a few people over for a very small birthday celebration (Grandparents, Godparents, and a few cousins mostly). They all showed up around the time he was taking his afternoon nap.  When we finally came down to the party, he got really spooked at all the people in the house and began to cry.  Twenty minutes later, he was fine and was crawling around everyone playing and eating and generally having a fantastic time.  When we sang him happy birthday, he was sooo happy.  He didn’t know why everyone was singing but he liked it.  He opened presents and played with his new toys. I don’t think he’s enjoyed himself so much, every.

Happy Birthday Dante!

FAMILY

On the other hand, Munchkin came down with the stomach flu on Thursday night. I called in sick on Friday and stayed home with her. She spent the day on the couch watching movies and drinking water.  That night was terrible for her.  She woke up after being in bed for a few hours crying because she needed to go to the pottie. I took her to the pottie but she didn’t want to do anything while she was on it.  I left her there so she could have some privacy and when I came back to check on her, she was falling asleep on the toilet.  When I asked her if you wanted to get off, she told me she didn’t.  I ended up taking her downstairs so she can watch some cartoons and maybe go to sleep.  She didn’t.  I brought her to bed with me and she slept between me and my wife.  Every two hours she would whine and we would get up to go to the bathroom.  She had a fever and she had a difficult time going to sleep.

On Dante’s birthday, she began feeling much better.  She was really tired from the night before, but her tummy wasn’t giving her problems anymore.  She still had a fever that we gave her medicine for though.  She asked to be put to bed very early that night.  Poor baby, it was the first time she’s ever gone to bed before her brother.

Sunday she woke up, almost, good as new.  It was obvious she was  over he worst of it.  By Monday, she was ready for daycare again.  She was still recovering a little, but it wasn’t too bad.  She just didn’t eat as much as she usually does.  Poor kid, had a really bad weekend.

BLOGS

Dante wasn’t the only one celebrating a birthday Saturday. Greg and Jennifer Willits (of The Catholics Next Door radio show) had their fifth baby!  Lilian Grace Willits was born on the 31st of January. It’s their first girl, and they picked such a pretty name for her.  I’m very excited for them.

It’s funny, I was running around getting things ready for Dante’s birthday party when my sister texted me the news. Then about thirty minutes later my mom called me to tell me the same thing. It’s a wonderous thing how the Willits are such a part of lives.  It makes me smile.

Congratulations guys! I wish you the best, and my God’s blessing be with you and your family.

BOARD GAMES

So I didn’t have time to write about a board game  this week so I thought I’d put up a review of some great looking kids board games.  The reviews are by Tom Vasel (and his adorable little daughter Holly) from the Dice Tower Podcast.  Enjoy.

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