- He's so tiny.
- [Chris] He is tiny.
(upbeat music)
Good morning, everyone.
Welcome to day two of Vlogmas.
I hope that you enjoyed yesterday's video.
If you didn't, go check it out and you'll enjoy it.
If you watch it, you'll enjoy it.
That's what I say.
Today is going to be a really fun day.
We are going to make a new intro for our
Vlogmas 2019 series.
To get ready for that,
I thought we would watch some of our old Vlogmasses together
as a family and see what we liked about them.
Some of them are kind of funny and fun.
So let's check them out.
All right, are you guys ready?
- Yeah.
- [Chris] Are you ready, Duncan?
- Yeah.
- [Chris] Yeah?
Okay, here we go.
(children laughing)
- That was Vlogmas?
- [Chris] Yeah, that was a Vlogmas intro.
- That was really funny.
- We didn't sing the song, though.
- [Chris] Yeah, we didn't sing the song that year.
We hadn't started that yet.
Who's in that video?
- Santa Claus.
- [Chris] Santa Claus?
- You weren't even born yet.
- [Chris] Did you guys like that intro?
(clapping)
- Yeah.
♪ It's, Vlogmas, Vlogmas. ♪
(children laughing)
♪ It's Vlogmas, Vlogmas ♪
♪ It's Vlogmas, Vlogmas. ♪
- That's my favorite.
So our mouths are just like, "aye ye ye ye rah rah".
- And they're like, "Uh, uh, uh, uh."
- I want to see that again.
♪ It's Vlogmas, Vlogmas ♪
♪ It's Vlogmas, Vlogmas. ♪
♪ It's Vlogmas. Vlogmas. ♪
♪ Good morning, everyone ♪
♪ Today, it's Vlogmas, Vlogmas ♪
♪ Time to celebrate ♪
♪ Vlogmas ♪
- Wait, nothing happened.
- Yeah, nothing happened.
- So, if you go back.
- So this is an Advent calendar.
- I remember when it was, just like, the hamburger one.
- And this one.
- Yeah, I remember that.
- Oh yes, don't point at people, Parker.
- Yeah, I remember.
- And then this one, I can remember.
- Oh, and this one.
- I remember when we're in the playground.
- Wait, oh this is the Advent calendar.
- Wait, what?
- Nothing happened.
So, it was an Advent calendar.
- Yeah, again.
- And, nothing opened, though.
- Yeah, it's 'cause it wasn't counting down
the days until Christmas yet.
- Oh.
Oh, that was pretty good.
That one had a picture and that's
what I like about that one.
- My favorite one was either the Advent calendar one,
because that's pretty cool
and it's cool to look back on our memories.
Then the second one that we saw,
the one where our mouths were moving like this.
It's Vlogmas, Vlogmas, because our mouths
were just going, "Rrrrr."
- I like the last one that we did.
- I like the last one and the second one.
- [Chris] So, mommy and daddy have a fun plan for this year.
You guys want to get started on it?
- Yeah.
- So that's primarily what we're going
to be working on today,
is creating that new intro
and we're also going to get our Advent calendars today.
So all of us have different Advent calendars picked out.
We're going to talk to you guys about them
and we're really excited about it.
We're excited about sharing Christmas with you.
Welcome to Vlogmas, let's do this.
- Okay, as you do, the whole family
is now in our closet,
and we're recording our Vlogmas intro,
so the music for our intro.
Are you guys excited?
- Yeah.
- [Chris] Are you guys ready?
- [Jessica] You like it in here?
- Yeah.
- It's Vlogmas.
- I think I'm going to like it in here.
(bells ringing)
♪ It's Vlogmas, Vlogmas. ♪
♪ It's Vlogmas, Vlogmas ♪
♪ and it's time to celebrate. ♪
- Vlogmas.
- [Jessica] Awesome.
♪ It's Vlogmas, Vlogmas ♪
♪ and it's time to celebrate. ♪
- Vlogmas.
- Yay.
♪ It's Vlogmas, Vlogmas ♪
♪ and it's time to celebrate. ♪
- Vlogmas.
(cheering)
- That's pretty perfect.
- [Jessica] That was great.
- Yeah, okay.
- Another one.
- Another one?
Okay, here we go, ready?
♪ It's Vlogmas, Vlogmas ♪
♪ and it's time to celebrate. ♪
- Vlogmas.
(cheering)
- [Chris] Are you guys ready to see what
mommy and daddy got you?
- Yeah.
- [Chris] Okay, check this out.
We've got in here, hold on.
Oh, these are daddy pants.
What do you guys think of daddy's pants?
- That's amazing.
- Is that wood?
- I need a hug.
- [Chris] These are Elf pants.
- [Jacob] Yeah.
- [Chris] We also got this for daddy.
It is a Santa jumpsuit thing.
Do you like it?
We also have elf-style pajamas.
So you can look just like Buddy the elf.
What size is this?
Who's is this?
This is size 6, 7, so it belongs to you, sir.
- Bye, I got to go change.
- [Chris] Wait, wait, wait, there's more.
We got this adorable little sweater.
Who's this for, Duncan?
- Oh, that's for me.
- [Chris] I don't think so. I think it's too small for you.
- It's Luke's.
- [Chris] It's Luke's?
- Yeah.
- [Chris] Oh, my goodness, let's see, aw.
Every Who down in Whoville.
We've got, ooh, a very festive sparkly shirt.
Here you go.
- Thank you.
- [Chris] Very festive, very snowy.
That goes with something else.
Don't worry, that's not the most festive thing
of your outfit.
Oh, what did you find?
What did you find?
What is this?
What is that?
- It's for me.
- [Chris] That's for you?
Oh my goodness, are you going to match Luke
with a Grinch sweater on?
Yeah, aw, it's so cute.
All right, over here we've got another
Buddy the Elf outfit.
This one, I think, fits a Jacob.
- What, what?
Oh, thanks.
Thank you, thank you, thank you.
- Okay, this one's for Parker,
and it's a Christmas tree.
- Yay, thanks mommy and daddy, I love it.
- These were actually very special.
I was going to give this to the kids for Christmas,
but I think I accidentally put them in here, but okay.
So these are super cool Harry Potter pajamas.
One's for Bailey.
- So soft.
- [Jessica] And one's for Jacob.
- Thank you so much.
- You're welcome, my little Potter head.
Here you go, sir.
Show daddy.
- [Chris] What do you look like?
Oh, boy.
Can you sing the Grinch song?
No, not right now?
- I'll do it.
♪ You're a mean one, Mr. Grinch. ♪
♪ You're as cuddly as a cactus, ♪
♪ you're as charming as an eel, Mr. Grinch. ♪
- Why, I wouldn't touch you with a 39 and a half foot pole.
- You're a sour patch sandwich.
♪ With arsenic sauce. ♪
- Oh, these are my jammies.
I'm so excited about these.
They're like, so soft, and they're old school Rudolph,
which is one of my faves.
No pockets.
- Mom, feel in the inside.
- I know, don't they feel amazing?
They would be the perfect Christmas pajamas
if there were pockets.
- [Chris] We need to get you a Christmas fanny pack.
- I do need a Christmas fanny pack.
This is a warning to anybody who shops at Target
and picks out these amazing, wonderful, soft pajamas.
There are no pockets.
Ooh, this is for daddy, I thought this was pretty funny.
- What is it?
- [Duncan] That's the elephant.
- [Chris] Subpar Gift Giver.
- Elephant, elephant.
(Chris and Jessica laugh)
- [Chris] Oh man, does this mean I get
Duncan hugs all day long?
- There's an elephant on here.
- [Chris] Yeah, if I wear that,
are you going to give me hugs all day long?
Because I'll have an elephant on my tummy?
- Yeah.
- [Chris] Oh, good.
- This is for when we do White Elephant.
Oooh.
- [Duncan] That's for Luke.
- Yeah, it's his temporary Baby's First Christmas stocking.
What else do we have?
Oh, I got this for Bailey.
(bells ringing)
- Oh wow, thank you.
- [Jessica] It's a jumpsuit.
Yeah, we'll be able to track you, too.
- That's amazing.
- [Chris] And, this shirt goes really nicely under it.
- [Jessica] See?
- [Chris] See, I told you that wasn't all you were getting.
- Hi.
- [Chris] Those look like my pants.
- There you go, you got some new pajama pants too, sir.
Aren't they soft?
- Thank you.
It comes with a little hat.
- It comes with a little hat.
Let's see how giant this newborn onesie is next to you.
Are you ready for Christmas?
You don't even know.
Are you excited?
It's perfect.
- [Chris] You like it?
Say, "Merry Christmas."
Merry Christmas.
- [Duncan] Ho, ho, ho. I'm Santa,
ho ho ho, Merry Christmas.
- [Jessica] Put that on you.
- [Chris] Oh, look at this.
- [Jessica] Oh, a little Christmas, sir.
- [Chris] Your feet go to the end of Santa's beard.
That does not fit you even a little bit.
You silly guy.
You like it?
- [Jessica] Snort.
- [Chris] You sticking your tongue out about it?
- He's so tiny.
- [Chris] He is tiny.
- He's so tiny, Bailey.
- All right, now we're going to get all dressed and cozy
and film our intro.
- Awkward dance party
in 5, 4, 3, 2, 1.
(Christmas music playing)
The baby is not going to be in a couple of shots
'cause he fell asleep.
But we got him on the monitor right here.
(Christmas music playing)
- How does it look?
- [Chris] It looks great.
- A one, and a two, and a three, you're out.
♪ It's Vlogmas, Vlogmas ♪
♪ and it's time to celebrate. ♪
Vlogmas.
(cheering)
- [Chris] Look at this little cutie.
- Christmas baby with Santa toes.
- [Chris] You got Santa toes, Grinchy clothes
and a hat and a nose, goodbye.
- We just finished filming our Vlogmas intro.
It was a lot of fun, did you guys have fun?
- Yeah.
- Yeah, we danced, danced, danced about it.
And you did a great job, Mr. Vlogmas.
- Do you guys think it's going to be your
new favorite one?
- No, I'm the Grinch.
- [Parker] Maybe.
- [Jessica] You're the Grinch.
Maybe, I haven't seen it all yet, so I don't know.
- Yeah, I think it might be my new favorite one.
We like, we were pretty serious this year,
like, pretty fancy.
- Yeah, serious.
- We do Advent calendars every year
and this year we're going to be opening them
live on Twitch,
so be sure to join us there on our Twitch account
if you are interested in seeing us
open our Advent calendars.
But for now, we're going to take a peak
at what we will be opening.
So, I spent a lot of time picking out
very special Advent calendars for everyone.
This year, Luke doesn't get one.
But you will see, he's going to be kind of sharing mine.
You'll see what I mean in a second.
But he doesn't get one because
I don't think he'll understand, he's too young.
But everybody else gets one this year, and it is a lot.
So check this out.
- Jess picked this one out for me.
And at first I was like, "Hmm, I don't know.
I don't know if that's the Advent calendar for me."
But now I'm like, super excited after seeing it.
So, it is The 25 Sauces of Christmas.
So it's all hot sauces, which I like hot sauces.
- And you know, you're not going to have to
share with anybody because the kids will not--
- Yeah, they aren't going to steal my hot sauces.
But check this out, this is so cool.
As you can see inside, there are different drawers
and this huge drawer at the end.
Oh, hey, hey, nay, hey, hey.
- [Jessica] Hey, hey, hey.
- So, every day I'm going to be opening one of these
on our Twitch and trying out a new hot sauce every day,
which I'm very excited about.
- Are you going to like, try a dot plain on Twitch?
- I don't know, should I get some crackers or something
that I just like?
- No, I think we should try to 'cause you pain.
- What?
It would still cause me pain with a cracker.
I just want the flavor.
- I want to do it, I want to 'cause him pain.
- Anyway, I am super excited about this.
I cannot wait to open it.
And it's heavy.
It's a hefty Advent calendar this year.
- [Duncan] No it's not.
- All right, I almost did tea for mine.
But I am doing something totally different
this time around.
So I got this, like, jam and honey and jelly or something
and it's going to be a bunch of different flavors of jams.
And I'm going to get that, and then have a little toast
and start my day off right.
- But you get toast, but I don't get crackers?
Is this what I'm hearing?
- I don't get crackers for my?
- Hmm.
- All right, okay.
What is that?
- What is it, Duncan?
- It's Donald Duck and Daisy and Minnie Mouse
and Mickey Mouse and Pluto and Goofy.
- So we open up one thing every day.
Each little box here, see how that's a box?
And that's a little box and that's a little one.
They all have presents inside.
Can we find number one?
It's right there, that's the first one that you open, okay?
Right there.
- Where's the last one?
24?
- 24 is right there, it's really big.
- [Jessica] Okay, Parker, what's yours?
- Mine is a Barbie one.
I have a bunch of Barbies and I just love playing
dress up with them, so this is really special to me
so I can play dress up with them.
And I can't wait to know what is in here.
- [Chris] What did you get, Jake?
- That's pretty cool.
- [Chris] Very cool.
- Perfect for you, buddy.
- Dun, da-da-dun.
- [Jessica] What's inside, Jacob?
- Lego Harry Potter.
- Oh, cool.
- I got Funco Pop mini figurines that are Harry Potter.
- Woah, that's a mouthful.
Pretty cool, I wonder how tiny they are?
- I'm guessing this is the actual size of the people.
- Yeah, about that size?
- [Chris] They're called Pocket Pops.
- Pocket Pops.
- [Chris] So I imagine they're tiny.
- Oh, I can't wait.
♪ Tomorrow, tomorrow, I love you tomorrow. ♪
♪ You're only a day away. ♪
- You just harmonized Advent calendar time.
- Wait, what?
- That was amazing.
- Bailey, you're lucky. You have them in order.
- [Chris] Yeah, all the other ones are like,
scattered all over the place.
- For the tiny, little kids,
they're all a mixey mess and yours is just simple.
- Can I see the box?
- So this year, we will be opening these
on Twitch, not on the YouTube channels.
So if you want to see us open each day,
we are going to do it live.
Our user name on Twitch is Ballingerfamily.
So you can search there.
Be sure to subscribe to us there, and that way,
you get notified whenever we post anything.
I'm sitting outside the theater right now,
waiting for Bailey and Parker and Jacob
to finish a pick up rehearsal.
Even though he's in Annie, we thought it was
a little too late for Duncan,
so he's actually at home in bed right now.
But they're doing a pick up rehearsal today
because they've been off for like, a week,
and they still have shows this weekend.
So, in tomorrow's video, you'll see us
going to Annie a couple of times as well
as the following day.
They've got two more days of performances.
It's been really cool, it's been really cool
having them in a play.
Jessica and I were both theater majors in college
and just seeing the excitement from them
that's the same as like, the feelings that we had
when we used to do theater.
It's been just really, really inspiring and cool
to see our kids jump into that and be a part of that.
I'm really proud of them.
I think it's super cool.
Anyway, I'm going to pick them up right now
and take them home home and try and put them to sleep.
Usually, they try and pull the, "Well, I'm hungry now" card.
Like, we already had dinner and everything.
But they're going to be like, "Well, now, I got to go bed,
so I'm hungry, I got to stay up and eat, right, Dad?"
So, we'll see if that happens.
How'd it go tonight?
- Good.
- [Chris] It was good?
- Yeah.
- [Chris] Yeah.
- Were you being Annie tonight or were you being the-?
- It was both.
- You were doing both?
So you were doing more tech
than you did in the previous performances?
- I moved some sets.
- [Chris] You move sets now?
- Well I move some of them now.
- [Chris] Which sets do you move?
- Like, the big ones.
- [Chris] And how was it for you, Bailey?
- Great.
- [Chris] Did you have fun?
- Uh-huh.
- Are you ready to be Annie tomorrow?
And an orphan?
- So Bailey has two performances tomorrow.
One, she's going to be an orphan.
And then she's going to be Annie.
And the next day, she's going to be Annie,
and then she'll be an orphan.
And then that's it, that's the run of the show.
- That's pretty sad.
- Oh, you're getting sad about it?
- Mm-hmm.
And you're sad about it, too?
Let's get you guys home so that you can go to sleep
because you've got two shows tomorrow,
and then two shows the next day.
You're not sleepy?
Is anybody hungry?
- Yes.
- I told you guys, I told you they would be hungry.
(laughing)