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Update on Claire’s MLP Channel
Claire’s started her own My Little Pony channel on YouTube back in June. She now has 14 MLP videos published, mostly original stories, plus some of her opening newly bought toys (along the lines of Bin’s Toy Bin). I am really proud of Claire for pursuing her passion and showing the dedication to create 14 videos.
Now that Claire has started school, she is concerned about getting new content onto her channel. She doesn’t want to keep her fans waiting. But she spends most of her weekday afternoons on homework and doesn’t have much extra time. With what little time is left, she is torn between filming MLP videos for YouTube and watching other people’s MLP videos.
Claire does has footage filmed for six more videos. She waiting for me to edit them and upload them to YouTube. The issue here is that these six videos amount to roughly 40 clips, all mixed up in iMovie. I told Claire I would need to dedicate “half a day” to getting them all straightened out and published. I hope I am exaggerating.
Claire’s MLP Video Series
Claire has been wanting to start her own YouTube channel, focused on acting out stories with her My Little Pony toys. We finally got in online!
Here is the first creation in Claire’s series, which is a story straight from Claire’s imagination with a running time of about 15 minutes. Claire was the “idea man” in this effort, writing and acting out the concept. I did the camera work and editing. Claire has been working on other concepts with her nanny, Jackie.
Claire calls her channel My Little Pony Mysteries and More. The “mysteries” part refers to her plan to open “blind bags” for some of her videos. I am hoping to get Claire into stop animation and do some extra cool stuff.
Claire is a huge fan of “collector” channels on YouTube, like Disney Collector and Bin’s Toy Bin. Forget boring old TV, Claire is glued exclusively to these niche channels (and My Little Pony). She even sent a fan latter to Bin and hopes it will be read on YouTube next week.
MLP Pool Party
This the very first My Little Pony video created by Claire! She had worked on the concept for a few days and decided to jump in and do it this afternoon. Claire’s first lesson learned is to try to find a way to keep her arms out of the camera view as much as possible.
Update (June 20, 2014)
Amazingly, this video has now has 2,071 views! There are 8 thumbs up and 10 thumbs down. Claire was a little bumbed about the down votes but has mostly moved on to her newer videos.
By comparison, my own videos for my little app company struggled to get over 100 views.
Update (October 8, 2014)
Wow, this video is up to 66,167 views! We still have no idea how this video got so popular, except that it is the twelfth video listed on youtube when you search for “my little pony pool party”. Being number 12 on youtube is pretty damn good!
Awkwardly, this video is actually on my own youtube account and is by far my own most popular video. I have 89 subscribers now thanks to Claire’s video. Judging by their icons, most of my fans are My Little Pony enthusiasts.
Molly the Astronaut
Claire got out her space suit today for fun. Molly, of course, wanted to give it a shot too, although the costume was way too big for her. Luckily, we caught the silliness on video.
The best part is near the end, when Molly trips, but she is okay.
Mucus and Ketchup
We had gone out to Poke-e-Jo’s Barbecue for dinner, where Molly enjoyed chicken tenders with ketchup — lots of ketchup, as always. She also had a runny nose, and by the time we drove home, her face was covered in both mucus and ketchup. Even Molly thought it was gross and funny. I did not get a picture of her face at the time, since I was busy wiping it down, but here is Molly reviewing the day with us at bedtime.
Speaking of ketchup, Molly is still crazy about it. It helps almost any food go down. Apples? Yes. Raisins? Yes. Cheerios? Of course. And why not dip your macaroni and cheese in it? That last one almost made even me gag. But it gets the food down, and Molly is growing, so she gets to figure out later that this is gross.
Diving in with her clothes on
Claire is just wrapping up her very successful swim lessons. At her last class, the kids were told to wear regular clothes over their swimsuits for the “clothesline test”. The idea is to simulate accidentally falling into the water in full clothing and being able to get back to safety.
Claire, never shrinking from a challenge, chose to jump in wearing a long-sleeve shirt and skirt over her swimsuit. She was able to extra herself from the water with ease, which would definitely not have happened before this class. Way to go Elmer Swim School!
Molly’s block floor creation
It was interesting to watch Molly patiently finish up her creation when I picked her up at school today.
Notice Claire playing with one of Molly’s classmates in the background.
Week of the Young Child
Every year at the day care, they have Week of the Young Child, which is a whole week full of fun activities for the kids. There are confetti, painting, pizza, family-style lunch, and more. This video captures Molly at the grande finale on Friday. It was a concert on the playground. This also happened to be pajama day, so everyone is dancing around in their pajamas. Molly is in the white shirt and yellow print pants.
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