Is it Christmas time already?

I am sure you have noticed it. As we get older, Christmas just keeps coming faster!

With tomorrow being October 1st, we are in the home stretch for Christmas. Of course we will have lots of memories to collect and share during the holidays.

I wanted to share a "video Christmas card" that we sent out to some friends last year. Before we went to church I took out my "point and shoot" camera, put the kids in front of the Christmas tree, and asked them to sing "We Wish You a Merry Christmas". I sent this to family and friends. It is a fun memory that my wife and I can look back on in ten or twenty years (when the kids are all grown).

As you go through the holidays there may be moments you want to catch, share, and review in years to come. Grab your "point and shoot camera", put it on video mode, and capture those memories!

Wiggly Teeth!

If you have children, you know what it is like for them to lose that first tooth!

"Do you want me to pull it?"

"No Daddy"

"Can I just feel how loose it is?"

"If you promise not to pull it"

"It's pretty loose...are you sure you don't want me to pull it?"

"Will it hurt?"

The first tooth is special. Not just because they are losing it, but becuase it signals a change. For my daughter, it is the first visual cue that she is growing up. Once they lose that first tooth, their look changes. It seems they automatically age a year by losing that first tooth. Then, when the permanent tooth comes in, you can add antoher two years! Once you see that first tooth start to wiggle--grab your camera--take those still photos, take some video--take them to a studio! This is your last chance to catch that age! Of course, once they lose that first tooth, grab that camera and catch the moment--in pictures and in video! My daughter lost her first tooth at Christmas last year. Check out the next song that played (what a coincidence!)