As always, the year seems to be flying by faster than ever before.
Add that to the long list of reasons why I love purposefully creating these monthly videos of us just doing normal, kinda boring, daily life – it’s the excuse (challenge?) to STOP, to seek out the “boring”, and see it in a new (magic) light.
The endless Legos my kids build.
The game of catch Leander and Derrick play almost every night as we’re putting the kids to bed.
The backyard shenanigans the kids dream up.
The little hands helping do chores around the house.
It’s all just normal, every day stuff – but with life speeding by so fast, that’s where the magic truly lives.
Moments of note this month:
(0:01) Derrick was interviewed by a Washington DC news station over recent announcements that Six Flags America (in Maryland) will be closing – watch the full report here.
(1:50) I started teaching Leander to read this month! We’ve been working together for a few weeks now & it’s so much fun!
(3:04) Summer backyard fun!
(4:10) Happy Mother’s Day! Breakfast in bed..
(4:45) ..and celebrating at Kennywood Park!
(7:08) Tell me you have small children without telling me you have small children..
(7:41) We dog-sat my sister’s dog for a few days while they were on vacation & needless to say: the kids were in heaven!
Just in case you’ve missed what I’m doing – I decided that I wanted to create a curated “home video” for our family every month (remember those old “home movies” our families used to create? with the giant video recorders that an entire VHS tape fit in?) Those videos were fantastic, but if you’ve ever sat down to watch one (does anyone even own a VHS player anymore?) you very quickly realize that you do a lot of “fast-forwarding”.
So, my goal, is to take all the little videos I take of our family over the course of a month & create a short (my goal is to be around 10 minutes) video of my favorite snippets. I am SO excited to finally have a dedicated place to chronicle my family videos & keep them safe & accessible.
Enjoy a little peek into what our May looked like!
