My Camera

I have a love-hate relationship with my camera. I like that I have a camera. But I hate how the pictures come out. Granted, this is mostly a user-error-related problem, but I wish I had a talent for making my kids look good on film. I recently ordered over 100 prints from the last few months to put together for the kids' albums and I think 90% of them are pixellated or blurry or just plain awful. Few are nice enough to send to relatives, and none are going to be framed for our home collection. But I still think it's important to catalog the kids and what they're doing. Like our visits to the aquarium, spending time with grandparents and great-grandparents, and just hanging out as a family.

I've been terrible about posting pictures of the kids on the blog, so here are a few videos. We sat outside and watched the kids play for a while the other day. Toby spent time running around and digging in the garden, after trying out a game of Bocce ball. Norah worked on her tumbling and hopping skills and found a couple fun things to do with a butterfly net. (Notice the way she blatantly ignores what we're asking her to do; you get a glimpse into our day-to-day activities with a two year old.)

Please excuse the poor quality of these videos. The camera we started out with a few years ago just took videos without sound, and we regret not being able to remember what Toby sounded like when he was younger. We got this camera just after Norah was born.