I did it! I managed to film and edit video clips from every month of the entire year?! If it sounds like I'm a little overly excited, I am. Sometimes it's hard to keep up with something for an extended period of time, but I'm so glad I did. I know these are nothing more than glorified home videos and you might not even enjoy watching them, but we all love looking back on them and I'm glad to have them all published and organized in one easy place. We do have gobs more video than I actually share here, but it's not all for public consumption and since I edit most of the sound out, I save the ones of the girls talking or sharing more about their lives. December's video is considerably longer than most, but it was really hard to cut it down, even this much. We did so many fun things ...
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November Little Things
I'm only one month behind -- that's not too terrible, right? I edited our November video right before the holidays, but I didn't turn my computer on a single time, except to answer a few emails for work. The break was nice, but I have so many photos and stories to share with you, so I've been uploading and scheduling posts for the next several weeks. Who am I even? I attempted to include videos from our trip to New York, but this would have rivaled a full length feature film! Instead, I'm working on a separate video to share after I finish recapping our trip and while it's much longer than our monthly videos, it's full of so many fun moments. Taking more video was one of my goals for 2019 and even though I struggled to share them in a timely fashion, I have more moving pictures of ...
September Little Things
Holy Moses, I'm not sure how I got so far behind -- I dumped the video clips for my October recap and realized that I never edited anything for September! It might be five weeks late, but it was so much fun to look back on. We're all still laughing about the car that drove through our cotton field and it's crazy to see how much Polly has already grown this month. This past weekend was so full of house projects and organizational things, but it was still one of my favorites in recent memory. We were all five at home together and the girls were all in fantastic moods (despite Daylight Savings Time!). We are headed out of town in ten days, so the to do list is looooong, but I've got two other blog posts scheduled for this week and I still need to share some of our Halloween photos. Dare I ...
August Little Things
I somehow managed to skip our August video, and when I sat down to edit our clips for September, I realized it had never been posted. There is a little bit of magic in forgetting, because it was so much fun to go back and watch this after some time had passed. Polly took her first steps in August and Ella had her first football game as a JV Cheerleader. I'm a little embarrassed that Sophie doesn't make an appearance this entire month (Wait, she is in the video for just a minute!), but she has a tendency to hibernate once school starts! I'll save September's Little Things for a bit, but I'm hoping to share some photos from our weekend and maybe a Day in the Life post later this week! ...
July Little Things
I'm a few weeks late sharing these little videos, but better late than never, right? I can't tell you how much joy it brings me to watch these at the end of every month. The girls always get so tickled seeing how silly they were throughout the month and watching old home movies is one of their favorite things. Some months they are mostly filled with Polly clips -- like this one -- but as the girls social calendars fill up this fall, they will be better represented. Pinky promise! Maybe one day I'll spend some time learning how to properly edit videos, but for now, these little peeks into our home and lives are just perfect for remembering things that don't often get captured on film. ...
June Little Things
I knew it was going to be hard to get June's monthly video down to two or three minutes and I was right. In the beginning I had forty-seven minutes of clips, so it's impressive that I was able to whittle it down to only six! There are a handful of fun things before and after our vacation, but most of this month's videos were taken at the beach and I'm so glad I'll have these to look back on. I'm certainly not a talented videographer and I could probably stand to spend more time putting these together, but I am loving these simple looks back on the things we love most about each month. The girls laugh so hard when we watch these together and they are much more likely to participate when they realize their goofy songs or embarrassing raps are muted. We're gearing up for one last ...
May Little Things
So, this month's videos weren't my favorite, but you now how Maycember is. It's a wonder I even took video with all of the school activities we crammed into the month! I don't have a ton of blog posts scheduled while we're at the beach this week and next, but I did try to have a few things ready so you don't miss us too much. You can always follow along on Instagram to see daily snippets of our vacation and we'll be back with recaps in a few more weeks! ...
April Little Things
May is almost behind us, so I though I should sneak our April Little Things video in, before it's time to share our moments from this month. I think I told you in another post that April was a beast -- it's usually May that overwhelms me, with all of the end of the year parties and activities, but April was filled to the brim. We were trying to get everything squared away to close on our house, we were finishing up dance competition season, and celebrating a birthday for my favorite nine year old. I didn't catch as much on camera as I wanted to this month, but these are a few of my favorite moments from the month. ...