ktgrok Posted September 22, 2021 Share Posted September 22, 2021 My husband is...theatrical. And he likes puppets. And he runs an information security conference locally, that has an alligator puppet mascot. This years conference had multiple challenges for participants and each challenge was introduced by Chompy (aka Chompster) explaining some situation and asking for help. Multiple times I walked into my bedroom to find my grown man husband kneeling on the ground holding a puppet up to a camera. Such is my life. Well, he showed my 4 yr old some of the videos. Next thing I know, the child is filming her OWN Chompy videos. At first I thought she was just talking to herself, but no, she'd propped her kids fire tablet up and was filming videos like daddy. Y'all, not sure if I can with two of them with the dramatics, lol. Meanwhile, Daddy is SUPER thrilled - this may be the highlight of his year. Or life. I have a feeling he's going to make her her own green screen by the time she's 5. Link is to her video - I must love y'al because I am posting this knowing there are several seconds of my pajama clad butt in the frame. Sigh. Below the link is one of the inspiration videos she based hers off of, lol. Oh, and they are long, no need to watch all of it - although DD4's has a unicorn villain and a song! https://www.icloud.com/sharedalbum/?fbclid=IwAR1pz7x782WGEXi2eNwlZRAivxWP6O5eX5FqtkurBduWHaZhyWok_t1ux0M#B0n5nhQSTHddeQc 6 2 19 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CindyH in NC Posted September 22, 2021 Share Posted September 22, 2021 She's adorable. Great job. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MercyA Posted September 22, 2021 Share Posted September 22, 2021 LOL, Katie! So much to love. Your DD is stinking adorable. The cat in the background. 💕 And then your phone call when you don't know you're being videotaped. 😆 Thanks for the smiles this morning!! 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MercyA Posted September 22, 2021 Share Posted September 22, 2021 And your husband!!! The chomp phone! Love it! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junie Posted September 22, 2021 Share Posted September 22, 2021 Thanks for sharing! Y'all can't get a bigger house fast enough. 😉 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ktgrok Posted September 22, 2021 Author Share Posted September 22, 2021 2 minutes ago, Junie said: Thanks for sharing! Y'all can't get a bigger house fast enough. 😉 SERIOUSLY. When I'm laying down muttering on the bed in the background, I'm telling the cat that when we get a new house he and I can lock ourselves in the laundry room and hide from this madness! Don't even get me started on how some of the Chompy videos were filmed between 10pm and 6am the night before the conference. I had to sleep on the floor on that mattress stored under DD4's bed so that DH could use his office (aka my master bedroom) to film and edit this stuff. Actually, to try to keep the noise down he filmed some of it in our bathroom around 3am! Maybe I should have included these videos in the personal letter to the home sellers, with that explanation, lol. Like, "please, if you have any kind of a soul, sell me your house so I can escape this madness!" 2 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Not_a_Number Posted September 22, 2021 Share Posted September 22, 2021 Hahahah, that's amazing. Thanks for posting! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jenny in Florida Posted September 22, 2021 Share Posted September 22, 2021 Oh, Katie! I can't with how adorable she is! Even though you told us, I still laughed out loud when you realized she was videoing. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tap Posted September 22, 2021 Share Posted September 22, 2021 Wow, you guys are having a lot of fun over there! I loved the videos. They are both hilarious! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fraidycat Posted September 22, 2021 Share Posted September 22, 2021 I heard you telling the cat something about a laundry room. 😁 So cute! Thank you for sharing. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starr Posted September 22, 2021 Share Posted September 22, 2021 How fun! Lol she’s getting her puppetry skills down, watch out. The kitty though, trying to ignore it all and eventually his ears go out. Our cats used to come in my room and beg for the noise to stop. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alisoncooks Posted September 22, 2021 Share Posted September 22, 2021 That’s cute! My oldest dd and my dh are both into the ukulele. He’ll be in the living room, playing. She’ll be on the front porch, playing a completely different tune. (I’ll be in my room, door shut, tv up loud…) At least puppets are kinda quiet… 😉 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ktgrok Posted September 22, 2021 Author Share Posted September 22, 2021 8 minutes ago, Starr said: How fun! Lol she’s getting her puppetry skills down, watch out. The kitty though, trying to ignore it all and eventually his ears go out. Our cats used to come in my room and beg for the noise to stop. Yea, you can tell he is like, "what in heaven is she doing now?" 5 minutes ago, alisoncooks said: That’s cute! My oldest dd and my dh are both into the ukulele. He’ll be in the living room, playing. She’ll be on the front porch, playing a completely different tune. (I’ll be in my room, door shut, tv up loud…) At least puppets are kinda quiet… 😉 This is why we need a bigger house - there is NO room to go in to escape the crazy. Well, if DS22 is at work DD11 and I have taken turns escaping in there. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ktgrok Posted September 22, 2021 Author Share Posted September 22, 2021 And..just saw he ordered her her own, smaller, gator puppet. She says she's naming it "Lil' Snapper". Chompy's official name is "Lil' Chompy" so it fits. DH can't wait to do puppet videos together with her 🙂 I predict a full on puppet theatre and/or green screen by Christmas. 8 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spryte Posted September 22, 2021 Share Posted September 22, 2021 That is adorable! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terabith Posted September 22, 2021 Share Posted September 22, 2021 SO CUTE! And also a little heartbreaking that the initial conflict for the alligator is that he's at the beach but doesn't have a mask. You guys really, really need a bigger house though! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ktgrok Posted September 22, 2021 Author Share Posted September 22, 2021 49 minutes ago, Terabith said: SO CUTE! And also a little heartbreaking that the initial conflict for the alligator is that he's at the beach but doesn't have a mask. You guys really, really need a bigger house though! At first I thought that was what she said, but it turns out she was trying to say "map" I think. At least, I want to think so...sigh. I hate pandemics. Especially in a tiny house! (actually, perfectly reasonable sized house if we had half as many people in it, lol) 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melissa Louise Posted September 22, 2021 Share Posted September 22, 2021 Love the Chompster song! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scarlett Posted September 26, 2021 Share Posted September 26, 2021 On 9/22/2021 at 8:25 AM, ktgrok said: SERIOUSLY. When I'm laying down muttering on the bed in the background, I'm telling the cat that when we get a new house he and I can lock ourselves in the laundry room and hide from this madness! Don't even get me started on how some of the Chompy videos were filmed between 10pm and 6am the night before the conference. I had to sleep on the floor on that mattress stored under DD4's bed so that DH could use his office (aka my master bedroom) to film and edit this stuff. Actually, to try to keep the noise down he filmed some of it in our bathroom around 3am! Maybe I should have included these videos in the personal letter to the home sellers, with that explanation, lol. Like, "please, if you have any kind of a soul, sell me your house so I can escape this madness!" 😂😂😂 your muttering was my favorite part. I laughed so hard. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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