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Family Time at Chuck E. Cheese (Blessed Seven – Vlog #2)

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Family Time at Chuck E. Cheese (Blessed Seven - Vlog #2)

Okay, so we tackled Chuck E. Cheese in this week’s family vlog.

I explain the reason why we were going to Chuck E. Cheese in the video, but I’ll share a little bit more of the story here. πŸ™‚

First, David is now 100% free of all medications. Praise the Lord! He is no longer taking that gross, glue-smelling, hair-growth-inducing immune suppression medication, Cyclosporine. He started taking that drug in October of 2013, and he’s finally off of it.

It was weird for David to no longer have to force down that med, and he told me he thought he’d always have to take it. He never thought he’d be free of it, but, by God’s grace, he is. This makes me cry tears of joy!

Because David’s immune system is no longer being suppressed by drugs, we feel more comfortable about going out in public, and we’re planning to start spending a little more time out of the house. We’re not going to go crazy or anything, but we don’t feel like we need to stay home as much as we have the last year and a half.

We also chose to go to Chuck E. Cheese because when David was in the hospital for his bone marrow transplant in December of 2013, my mom’s nursing friends all got together and blessed us with cards and a Chuck E. Cheese gift card.

When I saw the gift card, I was very thankful, but I knew that we wouldn’t be able to use it for a loooooonnnnngggg time. πŸ˜‰

Fast forward to March of 2015, and Ruben and I finally felt like it was safe to take David into our local Chuck E. Cheese.

And we had a great time!

Here’s the video:

I’m planning on filming another vlog on either Friday or Sunday of this week, and I’ll post it here when I can.

I hope you all have a very Happy Easter! πŸ™‚


Free Breakfast at Chick-fil-A (Blessed Seven – Vlog #1)

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Free Breakfast at Chick-fil-A (Blessed Seven - Vlog #1)

I overcame my fear of vlogging today. Although, I do think you can hear a little uncertainty in my voice. πŸ˜‰

But even so, I made it through one video and found out that it was easier than I thought it would be. I do use the word “um” quite a lot, though. And I didn’t realize that until I started watching the videos. I’m going to work on not using that word so much in the next video.

There’s that, and when I was watching the videos at home, I realized that Elisabeth’s car seat strap wasn’t totally right. She likes to adjust her own straps so that she’s comfortable, but sometimes she overdoes it.

Here’s the video:

By the way, we’ve decided to name these video blogs our “Blessed Seven” vlogs. We chose this name because there are seven of us, and we’re very blessed. πŸ™‚

We thought about naming it “Our Happy Seven” but felt that “Blessed Seven” was more true to life.


The Latest YouTube Videos on Fun Playtime Reviews

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Disney FROZEN Surprise Egg video! See what's inside these Disney Easter Eggs. Also, check out other fun children's videos!

So far, I’ve uploaded three videos to our family YouTube channel this week. We filmed a fourth video today, and it’s sitting in iMovie right now.

But instead of waiting until I get that video edited and on YouTube, I want to share the other videos that we created. πŸ™‚

Before I get to the videos, here are a few YouTube-related things I’ve observed:

  1. YouTube recently rolled out a new feature called “Cards” that video creators can use to enhance their videos. I’ve heard that these cards may replace current annotations.
  2. Lately, YouTube has been updating channels and processing videos faster. Yay!
  3. It’s a good idea to optimize your videos for search engines and YouTube before making them public.

And now, here are this week’s videos:

Disney Hold My Hands Singing Minnie Mouse

Super Mario Plush Adventures Episode 7 (Toad Army Battle)

Disney FROZEN Surprise Eggs with Elsa, Olaf, Frozen Stickers, Lemonheads, Olaf Backpack Clip

Each week, here on The Sensible Mom, I write a weekly wrap-up post to share the videos we’ve uploaded since our last update. Please feel free to subscribe to our channel to stay even more up-to-date.


The Latest YouTube Videos on Fun Playtime Reviews

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Disney Sofia the First Mailbox Surprise! Plus more fun YouTube videos for kids!

This week was a little busier than usual, so we only ended up uploading three videos. My goal is to upload at least four to five videos a week to our family YouTube channel, but since we had to head to Chicago on ThursdayΒ for an appointment for David, I had less time to film and edit, which was okay by me. πŸ˜‰

But before I get to the videos, here are a few YouTube-related things I’ve observed:

  1. YouTube doesn’t always process your videos right away. This means that you can upload a video, but it won’t be visible on YouTube until it’s been fully processed. This past week, it took YouTube hours to process all of our videos. At first, this stressed me out because I thought something was wrong with the video I was trying to upload. It turns out, the video was fine. I just needed to give YouTube a lot more time.

    We literally had a video stuck at “95% processed” for a huge part of the day. Now that I know this situation can happen and actually does happen to people all of the time, I don’t get stressed. I just let it be and wait until YouTube decides to process it.

  2. YouTube has a way of scanning videos for music and copyright infringement. Let me tell you, their system doesn’t always work, and we’ve had to file a dispute twice already. Basically, I had to let them know that we had the right or license to use a certain song or songs in our videos.
  3. Having a rough schedule for when to film, edit and upload videos is a great idea.

And now, here are this week’s videos:

Super Mario Plush Adventures Episode 6

Disney Sofia the First Mailbox Surprise with 15 MINI EGGS! Mini Characters from Disney World!

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Mailbox Surprise – Easter Eggs, Ninja Turtles Mashems, Lemonheads

Each week, here on The Sensible Mom, I write a weekly wrap-up post to share the videos we’ve uploaded since our last update. Please feel free to subscribe to our channel to stay even more up-to-date.