At Will’s first camp performance this summer, I brought our video camera to record the class song. The camera was bought new in November 2003, the week before Will was born. While sitting in the audience waiting for the class to file in, a grade-school age boy turned around, saw the recorder in my hand, and exclaimed, “What is THAT??”
“It’s a video camera,” I explained straightford.
“REALLY?” he said, “But it’s SO HUGE!”
Point taken, the Hi8 tape thing was getting old. Mastering video and all that nonsense is a pain. But I’m addicted to photography, not videography, and have done my best to try to put all responsibility in that second category to Paul.
Who has came through.
On Monday, a surprise arrived in the mail. With a big family event coming up in the next few weeks, Paul recognized the importance and wanted us to be prepared. So he took it upon himself to research and buy a great new camera… completely surprising me.  We used it for the first time yesterday and tonight and here is one of our first videos. Importing it into IMovie and Sharing it to YouTube could not have been easier!
Oh, and the kids got haircuts today. Although it’s not an issue that will keep me up at night, I do think it’s interesting that there is some debate about the gender-specificity of Kate’s haircut. Will said “she looked like a boy,” and thought it hysterical when I showed him a picture of me with my super-short Suzanne Powter haircut (cute cut, but not enough product in the world to hold my fine hair). As for Kate, I think she looks adorable anytime we get to see her eyebrows. But I am curious to others’ impressions? And if you find it unattractive, are there suggestions on how else I could cut her super-straight hair?
jenny | 16-Oct-08 at 6:00 am | Permalink
i think kate’s hair is cute. as a super-straight hair sufferer myself, i know there’s not much you can do with it at that age, other than the cut she’s got, or perhaps letting it grow out a bit and giving her bangs.
(and i can’t believe i’m going to write this, but) if you want her to look girlier, you could pull the hair out of her face with a barrette or into a top-of-the-head pigtail.
Aut Deb | 16-Oct-08 at 12:58 pm | Permalink
I saw how you have Katie’s hair cut and I disagree with your husband and son. Super straight hair on kids is hard to keep looking nice and clean. Her haircut is perfect for her face. And this is from a person who has lived with super straight hair all her life.
A variation could be a Dorthy Hamil wedge cut or maybe bangs with an top of an oval shape around the eyes. But that involves her sitting still for longer than 5 minutes. Is that worth the fight or bribery necessary – no. Keep it simple. Make your life easier rather than harder.
admin | 16-Oct-08 at 1:04 pm | Permalink
Thanks! Jenny — I’m laughing at the barrette/pigtail thing, because (much to the chagrin of some) she is hilarious… rips them out in a red hot second. Apple, tree.
Aunt Deb — I was sort of going for Dorothy Hamil, although I may not remember it well enough. I figured that was my look at her age, so why not?
magpie | 16-Oct-08 at 5:41 pm | Permalink
I love the haircut!
Danni | 18-Oct-08 at 6:20 am | Permalink
She is darling! I love the hair.