Aiden Sees The Charlie Brown Christmas Special Exactly As I Remember It

Dec 21, 09 Aiden Sees The Charlie Brown Christmas Special Exactly As I Remember It

Posted by Michael in Movies and Video

I was watching the Charlie Brown Christmas special with my son Aiden last week, and I can’t help but feel that I was missing something.  I used to watch it every season as a kid, but I hadn’t seen it in the last fifteen or so years.  Now that I have kids of my own (and a copy of the movie on DVD), I thought that I...

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Similarities Between Imagination Movers and Star Wars

Dec 18, 09 Similarities Between Imagination Movers and Star Wars

Posted by Michael in Movies and Video

Imagination Movers is Aiden’s favorite show.  He always wants to watch it, and we’ll use it as a reward if he’s good.  So I see a lot of Imagination Movers, and I’ve noticed some things.  There are the many references to Stripes (1981), the amazing creativeness of the set designers, and Mover...

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Our 2009 Christmas Letter (As Read By A Dead Fish)

Dec 14, 09 Our 2009 Christmas Letter (As Read By A Dead Fish)

Posted by Michael in Special Events

We did send out a Christmas letter this year, but I wanted to post it to the web site anyway.  Who knows, maybe somebody who isn’t on our holiday mailing list would like to know what we were up to this year?  If you’re not on our Christmas card list, and would like to be, please let me know!  The “online version” is now...

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Celebrating Chrissy’s Birthday With A Tour Of The Wine Country Of Southwest Michigan

Dec 06, 09 Celebrating Chrissy’s Birthday With A Tour Of The Wine Country Of Southwest Michigan

Posted by Michael in Special Events

Get too close to the Michigan border in Indiana, and you’ll start seeing billboard advertisements for wineries.  We’ve seen them before and always wanted to try out the “Wine Trail“.  Chrissy’s birthday was coming up, and she asked if we could go to Southwest Michigan for a wine tasting tour to...

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