End of School Countdown

The Elementary Nerd and I both wanted to blog about our videos, mostly to have them saved in one place for posterity. We had so much fun making them and hope you enjoyed them too. Here they are counting down from 10. Enjoy! 

#10 The Final Countdown

We decided on "The Final Countdown" song to kick off this series of videos. We had so much fun finding things in groups of 10, 9, 8, etc. And were so excited that so many people wanted to play along with us. 

#9 Love Potion Number Nine

This was the very first video we filmed. The backdrop of our Valentine's celebration at school and the awesome chocolate fountain provided by the PTA made for the perfect setting.

#8 CelebrEIGHT

We had a hard time coming up with a song that had the number 8 in it. We thought about 8 days a week but couldn't get really excited about that one. One day while driving to school, I was just listening to every random song in my iTunes library when "Celebrate" came on. I called Kimmie at 6:40 am with my idea. Most people would be super annoyed at a hyped up phone call that early in the morning, but she enthusiastically said "YES" and we started planning right then and there on the phone. Her idea for backward videos was genius and made this video beyond epic. The kids at school thought we had magical powers after watching this one. 

#7 James Bond, 007

Kimmie and I were sitting in my office one day trying to think of a song for seven, when suddenly she shouted out, "James Bond!!" It was the perfect fit and we had SO. MUCH. FUN. filming this one. We stayed at school one evening until 6:30 filming this one and neither of us even batted an eye about the late night because we were having a blast. We laughed so hard we cried and in the end, this was one of our favorites. Also, exploring the back rooms of the school was both scary and entertaining.

#6 Summer of '69

This was was sort of extremely last minute. We couldn't ever really decide on the song and got busy with filming other videos and doing our actual jobs. So we wound up having to film this one two days before it was scheduled to go live. You can see that some parts had to be filmed at home and we had to scrounge up some summer time baby pics too. We got it done and it turned out better than we ever thought it would. 

#5 Walk 500 Miles

This was the second video we filmed and our editing has come a long way since then. We used the amazing backdrop of the 4th grade writing camp and it was perfect. When we decided that we needed to "row a boat" and I told Kimmie to get in the trash can, she hopped right in #dedication. Side note:  I was out for a training during the writing camp days and came back to campus from across town so we could film. The set up was just too good to miss. 

 #4 Forever on the Dance Floor

We studied a ton of Chris Brown choreography videos for this one, but wow can that guy move. Our attempts to look like CB were pretty awful, but we got some great blooper material out of it. We were trying to finish this one the week before Kimmie got married and quickly realized it wasn't going to get finished at school. So, we brought our video ridiculousness to the wedding and got some amazing footage, as well as some great pics for Kimmie's wedding photographer. It was also Kimmie who noticed the emojis hanging in the cafeteria from an art class project. We loved using them in the video and so did her first graders. 

#3 3am & Indoor Recess

We started out thinking we were going to use "3" by Britney, but Kimmie smartly suggested that this song may be too suggestive in nature. She was right! We eventually decided ""3 am" by Matchbox Twenty was a much better bet. We had just lived through a ton of indoor recess because of STAAR testing and spring showers, so this seemed like aa perfect time to film this one. It took quite a bit of time to film and a lot of checking the weather.

#2 Me Too

This one featured so many awesome guest stars. From our awesome PTA to some sassy first graders, very helpful fourth graders, and the two best third grade "fanners" I have ever seen, this one was destined for success. 

 #1 Epic Medley

This one just kind of kept growing. After our attempts at mixing music failed miserably, we had to start back at...well...one! We actually pulled this one together in about three days, which was pretty miraculous and also stressful. Our favorite part by far was the Backstreet Boys section. I laugh every time I watch it! 

Thanks so much for tuning in. We hope to be back with some more videos very soon. For now, it is time to focus on a little summer R&R. Happy Summer 2017, yall!