[Emily->] has been after me to set up a stop-motion rig for a while. I finally got around to it yesterday and turned her loose, with impressive results:

I had also been thinking some about what I could organize over the holiday weekend to get the whole family involved. (Finding something that both a 16 year old and a 7 year old can enjoyable participate in is a notorious challenge.) I finally hit upon the idea of that old summer camp standby, a shaving cream war. I stopped by the grocery on Friday afternoon to pick up the cheapest cans of shaving cream I could find ($1.07 each), and turned everyone loose in the front yard around 5:00pm yesterday. Chaos ensued: