Ever since she kicked me in the kidneys from inside her mother’s uterus, I’ve had my suspicions that Nora may, in fact, be a ninja. The video you are about to see is only one piece in a growing mountain of evidence I’m building towards proving my ninja theory. When I’m trying to dress her, sometimes she moves so fast that Jackie Chan would be left blinking in amazement. Imagine trying to get these legs into a pair of trousers!
Here she demonstrates two moves, The Bicycle and The Flying Squirrel.
This morning I had a great idea. I’d place Nora’s foot on my flatbed scanner and scan her little bare foot. Then I’d do her hand, and if things went well, I’d repeat every week. The theory was sound, geeky, and interesting. For some reason the scanner set itself on super-high-resolution mode which required a [...]
Nora, the other day your mother called me into the living room to look at what new feat you were mastering. She said you’d been like this for ten minutes, lying on her chest straining to keep your enormous head vertical. So I grabbed the video camera and captured your valiant efforts. And then I [...]
The last couple days I’ve been attempting, with varying levels of success, to capture a smile or some laughter on video. Below is the fruit of my labor. Apparently I know only one song. Also, it’s really hard to concentrate on making eye contact with her, sing a song, and hold a camera steady. Enjoy.