This afternoon, we got a call from KOIN's Keep It Local that the segment they filmed last Wednesday would be on today. I quickly shot out an email and a Facebook post and crossed my fingers that my DVR would record it at home.
It was great seeing Keep It Local's segment about The Little Gym of Lake Oswego! I am very impressed with Jenny Hansson's research too. She actually called us "The Little Gym," and correctly mentioned that we are a semester-based program, and offer a free introductory class. She got in that we have programs for children 4 months to 12 years, with different weekly themes. If you'd like to see the segment, see below!
Tuesday, February 16, 2010
Sunday, February 14, 2010
Holy, Moly... the things we do for our loved ones
Sorry... this doesn't have much to do with The Little Gym...
Last December, we got oneof those keychains that can display JPEG images, and loaded a few photos of our children on it for our Nanny, Kayla. So I got it in my head to purchase one of the larger digital photo frames for my wife, Marie, for Valentine's Day.
My 2 children and I spent about an hour this week going through some old photos and copying our favorites into a temporary folder on my PC. I then spent several more hours on my own, going through our archives of photos. I had to stop around 2004, when Blaise, our 2nd, was born. So after about 3-4 hours, I had 600+ photos to load.
Last night I plugged in the Pandigital 7" frame and started copying them over. One hour later, I found out that my photos were too big to fit -- the resolution was too high. Yikes! The box says that it can hold several thousand photos!
After experimenting for 45 minutes, I googled "How do I resize photos in bulk?" and found Bulk Photo Resizer, from Download.com. While it resized all 635 photos, I figured out how to put a "greeting card" on the digital frame, which had several backgrounds -- the roses were a nice touch.
I then tried to upload the *much* smaller 800x600p photos, and failed!! I tried copying them to a USB memory stick and then transferring them but that didn't work! However, when I did that, a subdirectory called "Photos" magically appeared on the digital frame. When I tried copying the photos to that directory, Egads, it worked!
After a quick clearing off of the kitchen table, setting out some flowers, a card, and our picture frame, we're good to go!
Here's The Little Gym tie in... I toying with buying one of these frames for the gym. But... do I want to deal with this headache on a weekly basis? Hmmm....
Marie just woke up so I'm going to go... Hope you all have a very Happy Valentine's Day!
-Ron
Last December, we got oneof those keychains that can display JPEG images, and loaded a few photos of our children on it for our Nanny, Kayla. So I got it in my head to purchase one of the larger digital photo frames for my wife, Marie, for Valentine's Day.
My 2 children and I spent about an hour this week going through some old photos and copying our favorites into a temporary folder on my PC. I then spent several more hours on my own, going through our archives of photos. I had to stop around 2004, when Blaise, our 2nd, was born. So after about 3-4 hours, I had 600+ photos to load.
Last night I plugged in the Pandigital 7" frame and started copying them over. One hour later, I found out that my photos were too big to fit -- the resolution was too high. Yikes! The box says that it can hold several thousand photos!
After experimenting for 45 minutes, I googled "How do I resize photos in bulk?" and found Bulk Photo Resizer, from Download.com. While it resized all 635 photos, I figured out how to put a "greeting card" on the digital frame, which had several backgrounds -- the roses were a nice touch.
I then tried to upload the *much* smaller 800x600p photos, and failed!! I tried copying them to a USB memory stick and then transferring them but that didn't work! However, when I did that, a subdirectory called "Photos" magically appeared on the digital frame. When I tried copying the photos to that directory, Egads, it worked!
After a quick clearing off of the kitchen table, setting out some flowers, a card, and our picture frame, we're good to go!
Here's The Little Gym tie in... I toying with buying one of these frames for the gym. But... do I want to deal with this headache on a weekly basis? Hmmm....
Marie just woke up so I'm going to go... Hope you all have a very Happy Valentine's Day!
-Ron
Friday, February 12, 2010
Review/Comparison of The Little Gym of Lake Oswego's birthday parties
A few minutes ago, Jane, a parent of one of our Chopsticks (Karate age 4-6), stopped me to let me know of her experience having her son's birthday at another local children's facility. I asked if she wouldn't mind repeating it for me and my trusty camera. You can view her video on our Facebook page...
Of course, afterwards, I offered her a hug and a Valentine's cookie. :-)
Of course, afterwards, I offered her a hug and a Valentine's cookie. :-)
We're on TV! (Soon)
This past Wednesday, Feb 10, Jenny Hansson, of KOIN TV, Channel 6, brought her daughter to our 9:30am Beasts class for a segment for their Keep It Local program. Before class, she asked me a few questions while her camera guy, Dean, filmed. It will be airing on their program any day now... possibly tonight, or early next week.
Man, that was nerve-wracking! The camera is about two feet from your face and you're asked to ignore it and talk to Jenny. I had thought about some of the key messages I wanted to get across. I know that I missed two, and I'm not sure how much my nervousness will come across. I could feel a little drip coming out of my nose as I answered her last question. See if you can see the camera light glistening off of it on the video. (I'm going to be looking for it.) :-)
Then Jenny and Siena joined Teacher Angela in class. Opening circle was interrupted so Angela could get mike'd. I think Dean had as much fun as the kids, with him running backwards so he could film the children in their warm-up. I'm curious as to how the whole thing turned out!
After it airs, let us know what you think!
-Ron
Man, that was nerve-wracking! The camera is about two feet from your face and you're asked to ignore it and talk to Jenny. I had thought about some of the key messages I wanted to get across. I know that I missed two, and I'm not sure how much my nervousness will come across. I could feel a little drip coming out of my nose as I answered her last question. See if you can see the camera light glistening off of it on the video. (I'm going to be looking for it.) :-)
Then Jenny and Siena joined Teacher Angela in class. Opening circle was interrupted so Angela could get mike'd. I think Dean had as much fun as the kids, with him running backwards so he could film the children in their warm-up. I'm curious as to how the whole thing turned out!
After it airs, let us know what you think!
-Ron
Monday, February 1, 2010
It's Finish week, not Finnish week!
This week is "Finish Festival" week for our Preschool/Kindergarten gymnastics and dance/gymnastics classes. We'll be working on finishing all of our skills with our "Ta-Da's." But every time we do this theme, I think about the time about 20 years ago (yikes!) when I visited "The Big E" -- New England's version of the World's Fair.
The only thing I can really remember about The Big E was that they had buildings representing the people, culture, traditions, and food from all of the New England states. One of the states (Vermont??) offered $1 samples of Finnish Pancakes. It's basically a very "eggy" pancake that you bake in the oven and serve with maple syrup. (Ah, so it must have been Vermont.) Along with the sample, you were given the recipe.
I'm hoping that since it's been 20 years, this recipe can be considered "public domain." So if you're interested in trying a great brunch dish, here you go!
Ingredients:
Let me know how it turns out!
-Ron
The only thing I can really remember about The Big E was that they had buildings representing the people, culture, traditions, and food from all of the New England states. One of the states (Vermont??) offered $1 samples of Finnish Pancakes. It's basically a very "eggy" pancake that you bake in the oven and serve with maple syrup. (Ah, so it must have been Vermont.) Along with the sample, you were given the recipe.
I'm hoping that since it's been 20 years, this recipe can be considered "public domain." So if you're interested in trying a great brunch dish, here you go!
Ingredients:
- 8 large eggs
- 1 quart fresh milk
- 4 to 5 Tbl sugar
- 1 tsp salt
- 1 cup flour
- 1/4 lb butter
Let me know how it turns out!
-Ron
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