My favorite treeschoolers!

So… remember yesterday when I just casually mentioned that everyone loved Katherine's Blossom Tee that Sunshine made... even television costume designers? Here is the rest of the story…

It's no secret that we are huge fans of Signing Time. We've been buying their products supporting their efforts for years, but most specifically, supporting their latest project, Rachel and the Treeschoolers. We have enjoyed these shows deemed "too educational for TV" so much that when the opportunity came up to be a part of the show, we jumped at the chance. It happened that one of the filming locations was in the same city and on the same weekend that my grandmother would be celebrating her 92nd birthday. The perfect opportunity for some family fun! Since they only film ages 2-10, both Cupcake and BigBoy were able to participate.

 

First up, BigBoy played the piano for them and filmed quite a few lines. He was really good at delivering lines on the first take. He might end up in multiple episodes. While he was being filmed, they decided on an outfit for Cupcake. We brought the Blossom Tee that Sunshine made for her with a little skirt. They loved it! The costume designer even went upstairs to chat with Sunshine about it, she loved it so much. The crew had already filmed so much pink on other children earlier and they like to have a color variety in the show, so putting her little green dress over it was a perfect compromise. They tried to get some solo shots of the Cupcake, but the boom (mic) was really bothering her so I'm not sure how successful those were. Then they moved on to some brother/sister scenes. One of them was with a paper airplane. The one you see being filmed below was doing an experiment with oil and water.

 The tall guy is Rachel's husband, Aaron Coleman). He is really tall!

 That's Alex's mom in the white visor. She was the director for the shoot and such a nice lady. 

 The lights didn't bother Cupcake as much as the microphone. 

 And then came play time! Rachel put on her Signing Time gear so the little ones would recognize her. She talked to everyone and took pictures. It was such a great experience. These people are the nicest, most down to earth people! Everyone was so friendly and helpful. It couldn't have been a better experience. So exciting!

 

Just a little souvenir from the scenes he filmed.

 Exciting and exhausting...

We can't wait for these episodes to come out. I think they will make excellent Christmas presents, don't you? (Hope everyone in the family thinks so too!)

Final hours!!!

Here is your last chance to say you backed the most successful children's show campaign in Kickstarter history! Episode 6 is 50% funded! The original goal was only Episodes 2 & 3! Whoo hoo! Rachel and her family have been doing amazing things during this campaign... including attending her oldest daughter's wedding! If you don't know Laura's story, you can read it here. Rachel says that Laura is the reason she started writing songs! What a gift Laura has been!!! Rachel Coleman... mom, birth mom, Emmy nominated, ROCKSTAR!

They were such babies!

Day 1: I remembered!!!

This is what I was going to tell you about on Friday!

Have you heard about the Rachel and the TreeSchoolers Kickstarter Project? It's Rachel Coleman. You know... Rachel from Signing Time! We have loved all of the Two Little Hands products. And I'm pretty sure we were the first to have a Turtle Rock birthday party! We've just introduced Cupcake to Potty Time {affiliate link}. She loves reading the "Hopkins potty book"{affiliate link}. Well, you didn't think that this amazingly talented family was done, did you? They are working on putting together a complete pre-school curriculum that has been deemed "too educational for TV". Yeah, they're pretty proud of that (as well they should be)! But that means that if the project wants to get off the ground, they need backers. If the TV execs aren't going to do it, then it's up to us to demand better quality shows for our kids and support them. You can get a sneak peek below:

Check out their Kickstarter Campaign. They've got some great rewards for different donation levels. After only 6 days, they are over halfway to their goal! This is going to happen! Tweet it, share it, blog it, spread the word!

Oh, and while I was poking around on Kickstarter, I found this Zach Braff project about a movie he wants to produce. It's already more than fully funded so, watch for it! Here's the synopsis:

"Wish I Was Here" is the story of Aidan Bloom (played by me), a struggling actor, father and husband, who at 35 is still trying to find his identity; a purpose for his life. He and his wife are barely getting by financially and Aidan passes his time by fantasizing about being the great futuristic Space-Knight he'd always dreamed he'd be as a little kid. 

When his ailing father can no longer afford to pay for private school for his two kids (ages 5 and 12) and the only available public school is on its last legs, Aidan reluctantly agrees to attempt to home-school them. 

The result is some funny chaos, until Aidan decides to scrap the traditional academic curriculum and come up with his own. Through teaching them about life his way, Aidan gradually discovers some of the parts of himself he couldn't find.
It was written by my brother, Adam, and me last summer.

Day 1 of the 7 in 7 blogging challenge!