Tomorrow’s Home Videos
Anyone who knows me will tell you that I love to document my family’s life (if the 10 years of blogging wasn’t a tip-off), and one of the ways I do this is by shooting video … lots of it. I’ve uploaded 210 videos to Flickr, 231 to YouTube, and recently filled up our desktop’s hard drive with other video footage. Some may say I’m a bit over the top, but really, if there’s anything go over the top about, isn’t it your family? These videos are going to be cherished for years to come — not just by me, Mike, and Annie, but future generations as well.
In addition to holidays and birthdays (which I will always film … duh), there are a lot of other moments in Annie’s future that I will absolutely capture for posterity. These are three of my must-get video moments in Annie’s future:
First Day Of School
My mom took this uber-cute photo of my brother and me on our first day of school, but on Annie’s first day I plan to take things one step further and shoot and edit a video. Key moments I will capture include:
- Annie getting dressed in the morning (including her answering interview questions like “What are you looking forward to?”)
- Annie at school — walking into her classroom or waving goodbye
- Annie being interviewed about her first day once she is back home. Something tells me her responses will be a source of great amusement for many, many years afterward
Playing Sports/Recitals/Performances
Like a lot of kids, some of the most exciting moments of my childhood were when I was on the playing field or performance stage. One such moment came when, in 1994, my softball team won the National Championship Tournament. My parents took plenty of terrific photos of the championship game, but how cool would it be to be able to watch a high definition video of it today? I would love to see me batting, playing the field, and jumping around like an idiot with my teammates after we won.
I don’t care what Annie ends up doing when it comes to competing or performing when she’s older — she could play chess, for all I care — I’m going to get video of it so she can relive her glory days.
Wednesdays
Wednesdays are bland, boring days in the middle of the week, and I’m going to make sure I film them. Mike has a lot of cool videos from his childhood, but one thing that bugs him is that they’re all from a holiday, vacation, or recital, and never an average day. His favorite video to watch is the “test video” his Dad shot the first day they got their jumbo sized Eighties camcorder because it captured his family at their most relaxed. I want to be able to give Annie this kind of every day footage, too.
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I’m with you. I’d like to capture those big events, but I also want those awesome everday moments as well. It’s tough because she’s a baby and is running down those milestones. I want to bottle them all up, but I also want to just be in the moment and experience them.
I love to capture those moments of pure joy! We just went to Hershey Park and I recorded him riding on a roller coaster and having the time of his life.
Back then my family and i would have karaoke nights at home and we had the whole shindig going: lights down, colorful lights on, finger food, and the works. And we always took pictures and in some cases recorded on video tape (VHS days!!!) — it just makes me realize now, and thank you for this post, that it’s important to recorded these memories. It’s good to look back and laugh, smile and cry about it.
I would love to capture those first experiences that can never be recreated. Recently my 4 year old son saw his first rainbow, and exclaimed, “It’s SO beautiful!” We went to a carnival the other night, and as the lights of the ferris wheel came into view, his exclamation, “Wow! Mom, this is something you have to see! It’s awesome!” made me excited to be there, even though I had been dreading it. Last night we played in the blow up pool in the backyard while it rained, and his excitement was infectious, and we had such a great time. These are the moments that I never want to forget and I wish he would always remember.
Kyle’s shorts are absolutely fantastic. We don’t have any videos from my childhood, but we’re doing our best to make sure there are plenty of Eli. Poor kid is going to get tired of our cameras really quickly.