Home Movies

A couple weeks ago, we had to rearrange our televisions so that we could hook up a bottom of the line Blue Ray Player out in the family room. The older TV we had out there didn't have the hook up for it, so we switched it for the one in our bedroom. Anyways...

The TV that is now in the family room, is newer, and has the video components on the front of the which television which makes it easier for hooking up our video camera.

For the last week, we've been watching home movies from the last 13 years. There was a stack of about ten to twelve video tapes that weren't labeled, so we've been watching the videos and labeling. We took SO much video when Hannah was a baby. I knew we'd not taped a lot of Rachel as a baby, but I was pleasantly surprised at just how much we have taped! Thank goodness, because I was starting to really feel sad that we'd not taped anything and was starting to feel guilty every time Rachel asked to watch a video of her as a baby. We managed to get a lot of the important stuff of her on video. :::whew:::

What has been funny, is the reaction of Rachel when she'd see Hannah opening or playing with something that was or is now 'hers'. LOL. Poor Rachel, she got a lot of hand me downs. In recent months, the girls had been fighting over something, and when we got to the movie whereas Hannah was opening the present, we were able to convince Rachel that it really was indeed Hannah's. LOL.

It's been funny to see how the girls' attitudes and looks and moodiness really isn't something new, but we've been dealing with it for a few years now. Something we hadn't really realized until we witnessed it on video.

We've also learned a few lessons: 1) Don't video tape every single opening of birthday and Christmas presents. It's boring. Tape if you know there's something big, or something the child will be happy about, but otherwise, save the tape! 2) No need for the commentary. And this is directed right at me. No need to recite the date, it's embedded in the video. No need for the play by play. It's dumb and dorky...thirteen years later. LOL. 3) At parties or events, scan the room and get glimpses of who's at the special event. It's the people that are fun to look back at years down the road.

We haven't taped anything in about three years. Sad really. Because there have been birthday parties, milestones, and miscellaneous other things that would have been great to have captured on video. We have a blank tape and the camera is all ready to go for todays big events - the first day of school!! Hannah starts the 4th grade and Rachel starts Kindergarden!