100th day of school



step 1. wait 99 days
step 2. buy a shirt
step 3. find a tally mark you like
step 4. cut them out
step 4a. with your silhouette if you're lucky or
step 4b. with scissors if you're crazy
step 5. iron the tallys on

lily reported that she got to stand in the front of the class and point to herself while the class counted by 5's and 10's to 100.

**edited**
been getting a ton of emails since I didn't write this as a tutorial and the instructions are a bit vague.

I used the silhouette brand heat transfer material that already comes colored.
http://www.silhouetteamerica.com/shop/materials/heat-transfer/item-group/flocked-heat-transfer
http://www.silhouetteamerica.com/shop/materials/heat-transfer/item-group/smooth-heat-transfer

I used a mix of fuzzy and smooth since that was just what I already had. They may sell it in stores somewhere but I don't really know.

You'll have to use the silhouette software to trace around the image as well. I would just google how to do that since I'm sure there are already numerous tutorials.

If you didn't want to use the iron on transfer it seems like you could also use the machine to just cut out a stencil for you, and then use fabric paint. Even easier: find something you can use to stamp a line and then use paint to stamp our your own tally marks. Good luck!!

remember christmas?

forgive me if you can't stand thinking back that far

around then I was just starting to figure out the video use on my regular camera (d7000).

this video demonstrates everything I've mastered so far:

wobbling around. remembering that people don't like more than a few seconds of the same thing (though I think the christmas morning scene goes for slightly longer...just wait until you see max realize that there are presents for him as well). changing focus from one thing to another thing. lining up taylor dancing with the dancing part of the song. awwww yeah. and magically lining up the end of the music with the end of the video. I'm practically a pro.

this one's embedded from where I stored the full hd version (I think) so go on ahead and full-screen us.

p.s. if it doesn't show up in your reader here's an easy link for you. consider it a really late christmas gift.

how to open a present in 10 easy steps

1. hmmm. opening this box seems like a lot of work.
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2. though opening boxes has always paid off in the past...
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3. what? there's a box inside of this box. i love boxes!
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4. pause for the card. let's get it open-WHOAH!-
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5. look at this! can you believe it?
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6. they even wrote stuff on the inside! i sure do have talented aunties and artist fartist uncles.
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7. i can almost taste it.
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8. come on come on COME ON! almost there
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9. come to max. i'm ready to play
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10. yes! success! sweet! (though I think what he really wanted was for me to put the camera down and get out the batteries. we did right after this. don't worry)
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the gift, if you're interested. it's become quite popular round here.