Every year since Big was a baby, I've been making movies of my favorite pictures and video clips from that year.
Last night, I started working on this year's montage. And to say I was starting to get discouraged is an understatement. I sat for a couple hours staring at pictures and videos and tried to come up with a theme. I eventually just gave up on the thinking part and started throwing clips together.
No one ever really watches these videos. I like watching them when they're done and I give a copy to both sets of grandparents. I think they like watching it...once. But, after that, no one else really cares.
So I started wondering why I was wasting so much time on them?
And then I had an epiphany.
I decided to show my kids their video from last year this morning. They were enthralled! They loved watching themselves when they were little. They pointed out their scooters and they remembered about their old bike helmets and they marvelled at how Small couldn't talk at one point???
And I realized that these are the things that help shape the kids memories. Without these pictures and reminders of the things they've done when they were little, those adventures will become a distant past.
So off I go to make this year's video a masterpiece...no matter how much time it takes :)
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