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Anders, with Corinne's help, followed through on his interest in making a stop motion movie. And now, in his directorial debut, Anders presents: Building a wall, a short film.

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Here's a behind-the-scenes look at the artist in action.

Anders made big strides in his roller skating skills this week. Without any prompting from us, he would let go of our hands and skate on his own! He would only be able to make it about 10 seconds before falling down, but he would immediately start laughing when he hit the ground.

Impressive progress from his his first outing just 3 weeks ago.

Anders, talking about his stuffed animal, Twilight the cat:

Anders: Twilight is so brave that she can even kill nightmares. When I am having a nightmare, I tell her that a nightmare is near. She just creeps into my dreams and kills it and eats it. Then she creeps out again.

Parents: How does she kill it?

Anders: Her teeth are strong enough to eat teeth and to bite skin. Her claws are sharp, so she claws its eyes out.

Twilight, the Nightmare Slayer

Speaking of nightmares, I think I might have one now.

We are longtime Daft Punk fans, so we're happy to see them recognized at the Grammy Awards this year. Anders is also a fan and can often be seen dancing when their music comes on, though he doesn't always get the lyrics right. His favorite song of theirs right now is "Mexican Ducky", which also happens to have won the record of the year. ("Oh Mexican Song... Oh Mexican Song... Oh Mexican Song... Mexican Ducky")

We are also a bit enamored with the group Pentatonix, the stellar a cappella group and the winners of a previous season of the music competition show The Sing-Off. Corinne recently spent a good portion of an evening listening and reading up on their story. If you haven't heard them, you must see their Daft Punk medley.

Here are some quick home repair related stats from the week.

Number of bathtubs caulked this week: 1.

Number of times that bathtub was caulked in the last two weeks: 2.

Learning to make sure that the caulk you purchased is white and not clear: Priceless.

Anders quote:

It's funny how our mailbox is bigger on the inside.

I'll take that as my parenting win of the week.

Anders was able to attend his second basketball practice this week, where they learned offense and defense for the first time.

Anders and his fierce face

This weekend was also the Trout Lake "Cabin Fever" Festival. Of course, we still haven't had any snow this year, so no one has really been held in by the weather. Still, it is a good chance to interact with the community. So after basketball practice, we tasted the submissions to the soup competition and listened to some dang good old-time music at the Trout Lake Grange. Anders did an art project - a paper barn - at the local artist studio's open house and then we headed for home. And all no more than 3 miles from our house! Awesome.

Yes, this was a pretty Super weekend in the country, no television required.

- Mike, Corinne, and Anders