We've been a little Super Hero crazy in our house the past month....with good reason! "Captain America: The Winter Soldier" has been filming all around Ctown all June. We've been fortunate enough to catch filming on three occasions where we saw explosions, stunts, a super bus crash and a surprising kiss between "Black Widow" and "Captain America"! I have to admit, I was more than a bit star-struck being so close to Chris Evans and Scarlett Johansson.
So. Cool.
But it was also an extremely unique opportunity for the kids to be able to witness what it takes to MAKE a movie: how long it takes to set up and film an action sequence, how stunts actually work on a set and how many people it takes to make a movie. They were totally taken with the whole thing. I could have gone down to the filming sites everyday, with a lawn chair, drinks and snacks, kicked back and enjoyed the show.
SO. FREAKIN'. COOL.
I cannot wait to see the results next April.
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| Black Widow and Captain America (Scarlett Johansson and Chris Evans) |
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| We watched the filming of this bus crash scene. It took about 2 hours to set up and practice; about 1 minute of actually filming for about 20 seconds of actual movie footage. |
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| Stuntmen jumping off the Shoreway bridge. They "opened fire" on the bus crash when they landed. |
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| Stunt woman for Black Widow being thrown through the air by The Winter Soldier. |
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| The Winter Soldier |
Also, Monkey turned four last month and requested a Batman themed party, which I was very happy to oblige. We kept it a low-key affair, just family and neighbors for his requested Sunday evening "steak-over" (what Monkey calls a "cook-out"). So I began my quest for AWESOME Batman-themed cupcakes.
PLAN A
I found a super small bat shaped cookie cutter online. I ordered it with the plan of using it to cut small black fondant bats as cupcake toppers. The cupcakes would be frosted in vintage Batman blue and yellow, with the fondant bats resting on top. Great plan, right? Too bad the cookie cutter didn't arrive on time....
Enter,
PLAN B
(Isn't it funny how sometimes Plan B ends up better than Plan A?)
Since our Batman theme was more of a vintage Batman than Dark Knight Batman, I jumped on Google and found images for the classic "BAM!", "POW!", "WHAM!", "POP!" from the original TV show. I printed them out, cut them out, taped them to toothpicks, stuck 'em in the cupcakes - and HOLY AWESOMENESS, BATMAN! Here they are!
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