Father's Day 2010

I realize it has been quite some time since I last posted anything to this blog. I have no good excuse, so to make myself feel better I made a movie of our Father's Day adventure at Remlinger Farms.  This was our annual visit (meaning: 2nd visit) and it was such a different experience this year versus last year.  Owen is a year older and is much more aware of his surroundings, interested in most of the activities: the rides, the animals and of course the TRAIN!

Ok, this was my major mistake of the day.  I filmed nearly everything except the train and it was probably the coolest part.  It's an actual mini-steam train and we sat in the very front row behind the engine.  Owen was a little nervous at the beginning, so he sat on my lap (hence the difficulty in video taping) but once he understood it wasn't going to hurt him, he got into it.  Each time the whistle sounded, Owen would mimic it.  There was a tunnel and after we came out, he wanted "mo."  Actually, he wanted "mo" of everything he rode on.  Last year, he could care less about the rides and really had no idea what was going on.  This year, he cared very much for the rides but didn't understand that you couldn't stay on each one all day.  The great part about the day was, it was gloomy and drizzling so the park was nearly empty.  Because nobody was in line for any of the rides, Owen got to ride them two or three times in a row without getting off.  Maybe next year he will understand that when you get off a ride, it is just a temporary situation until you get on the NEXT ride. 

So about the movie....It was hard to put a 4 hour day into 5 minutes, so the video is actually over 6 minutes long.  But, that is what the fast forward button was invented for, right?  Also, since it is so long - it is too large to post directly to the blog, but it will live on forever in the Google web albums.  It is also better quality if you click on the "View HQ video" link in the upper right corner above the video.  I don't know why I can't just link to the High Quality video, but whatever.  So.....Enjoy!

The Santoki Father's Day 2010 Movie