The Cat Pack – A Tribute to Starscream 2011-2019

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We have been fans of Olan Rogers, the creator of the animated series “Final Space” and have enjoyed watching his sketches and stories over on his YouTube channel, many of which featured his beloved furry sidekick, Starscream. Unfortunately, Starscream passed on to the happy hunting grounds not long ago, which prompted Olan Rogers to release a final printing of Starscream-inspired apparel on Star Cadet.

We were lucky enough to snag one of the Cat Packs before they all sold out, and we so inspired by the majesty of the contents within, that we decided to make our own majestic tribute video featuring the Starscream teeshirts and majestic music recorded by J’s high school string ensemble. MAJESTIC!

Mr Olan Rogers, sir, we stand with you. We paw a Kraft Single. We’re in this together.

P.S. Here’s a picture of own Thundercats pawing a Kraft Single in honour of Starscream, the most majestic of felines.

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SuperTato to the Rescue

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4 year old L made this today. He hadn’t been well, so I had to keep him home from school. He was feeling so miserable that we decided to make something together to cheer him up. Hope this brightens up your day as much as it did ours.

P.S. If you’re wondering who L might be, he is the child on our blogs and vlogs formerly known as “Thumper”. 🙂

Boxing Day bonus: Through the eyes of a toddler

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Amongst all the footage I had for the Advent 2017 daily vlogs, I found that 2 year old Thumper had helped himself to my GoPro camera (I occasionally allowed J and Little E to contribute to the main videos) and it was so interesting to see his point of view!

So…I decided to edit his little videos together.

 

I didn’t change the camera speed at all, so what you see on the video is exactly what Thumper is looking at. He jiggles the camera about whilst he’s running around the place (he never walks), but I love it that when he’s focussed on something, he holds the camera completely still. Usually this happens when he’s looking at people, which just shows you what a social little character he is.

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Christmas Day 2017

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Happy Christmas, everyone!

Here’s my Christmas gift to you from all of us at Owls Well!

P.S. If you have not watched the ‘Platoon of Power Squadron’ web series yet, you really should! (Mummy warning: There are fight scenes, kissing scenes and some cursing. But if your kids have already watched any mainstream superhero movie made within the last 10 years, they’ll be ok.)

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Advent 2017: Day 24

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Okay, I was going to make this the last day of the Advent series, but the Barn Owl insists that I have to do a Christmas Day video to round the series off, so there will be one more video tomorrow.

 

Today’s music starts with a familiar carol by the voices at Aldersgate Methodist Church, and ends with a rousing chorus by the church choir from Charis Methodist Church – which, by the way, features both the Godfamily and the Aged Ps.

P.S. We are following the Advent calendar from Truth In The Tinsel this year!

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Advent 2017: Day 23

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It’s beginning to sound a lot like Christmas! Today’s musical accompaniment is courtesy of the voices from Aldersgate Methodist Church in Singapore, where we attended a Pre-Christmas Carolling programme this evening.

Afterwards, J commented that he loves singing the Christmas songs together with everyone, and that he would love to sing a Christmas carol every single day this season. Hearing him say that made me feel very happy.

By the way, the game that the kids are playing together is “Tak: A Beautiful Game“, which is an abstract strategy game inspired by one of our favourite book series (for grownups), The Kingkiller Chronicles by Patrick Rothfuss. It’s a really versatile and elegant game which the Barn Owl and I really enjoy, along with J and Little E.

(Buyer’s note: We bought the Tak Tavern Pieces and Cloth Board from The Tinker’s Packs, where all proceeds are donated to Worldbuilders, a charity working to make a sustainable difference in the world.)

P.S. We are following the Advent calendar from Truth In The Tinsel this year!

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Advent 2017: Day 22

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It’s the first family Christmas party! I always look forward to the family Christmas parties because of all the singing. That’s my favourite Christmas activity.

Unfortunately, poor J is suffering from an upset tummy today, so although he’d been looking forward to the Aged P’s roast turkey, he wasn’t able to eat more than a small slice of it. He was very sad, but the music seemed to cheer him up.

P.S. We are following the Advent calendar from Truth In The Tinsel this year!

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Advent 2017: Day 21

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We got to spend the day at the Aged Ps place today making lots of gingerbread – in time for tomorrow’s Christmas party! Also, we met a Noodle Ninja.

P.S. We are following the Advent calendar from Truth In The Tinsel this year!

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Advent 2017: Day 20

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I managed to convince the kids to put their toy collection through the Konmari wringer – and we managed to reduce it by half!

 

We donated some of the toys to the Salvation Army and I’ll bring the rest to donate to the MINDS charity shop as well as the Dignity Mama Bookstore.

P.S. We are following the Advent calendar from Truth In The Tinsel this year!

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Advent 2017: Day 19

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We had a quiet day today, just doing some watercolour painting and letter writing.

 

P.S. We are following the Advent calendar from Truth In The Tinsel this year!

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