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I’m not sure about you, but the month of February always seems like a long, dark, boring month. We typically don’t have any “major” events, we rarely travel, the days are dark, sometimes we have snow (and sometimes not) – it’s one of those months that makes us look forward to summer!
Maybe it’s because we have so many exciting things coming up in March and April and May, but February this year seemed to just fly by!
February also (likely) flew by because Derrick & I were counting down the days until February 26 – when we would fly down to Florida for a mini-vacation-getaway! We left our kids with Grandma & Grandpa (for the first time ever) and visited Universal Studios & Islands of Adventure. Since this is our monthly HOME VIDEO highlights – those videos are in a separate vlog and you can watch them here: Universal Studios & Islands of Adventure Vlog
Life moves too fast & the best way I know to preserve it is to snatch these fleeting moments before they fly away & bottle them up so they are never lost.
Moments of note this month:
(0:00) Ever since Christmas, Leander has been saying the same things to me at bedtime every night and I wanted to record them so I never forget!
(0:42) Derrick’s Dad repaired the wall going up our stairs and we painted it this month – I love the blue!
(1:09) Some of Braelynn’s artwork
(2:08) Our 8″ of January snow melted into a yard full of icey-slush
(2:21) My brother bought a house & we went over to see it before he started demolition (he’s getting rid of that rainbow of carpet, don’t worry!)
(2:50) Our at-home Valentine’s Day feast (it was DELICIOUS)
(3:03) My sister Emma got engaged!
(4:19) Learning about pollination for science
(4:45) One of my favorite videos EVER – and it was 100% spontaneous! Who taught my kids to “dial” and “talk” on a banana?
(5:02) Another science experience, Braelynn sprouted a bean seed & grew a bean plant! She harvested her first bean & tried it out (it didn’t taste like she was expecting it to)
(5:40) Finally, some warmer weather!
(6:09) Leander gets a little TOO into his art project for “Be-be” (I had to include him saying her name like this, because just a few days later he started calling my sister her proper name: “Ruby”)
Just in case you’ve missed what I’m doing – I decided that I wanted to create a curated “home video” for our family every month (remember those old “home movies” our families used to create? with the giant video recorders that an entire VHS tape fit in?) Those videos were fantastic, but if you’ve ever sat down to watch one (does anyone even own a VHS player anymore?) you very quickly realize that you do a lot of “fast-forwarding”.
So, my goal, is to take all the little videos I take of our family over the course of a month & create a short (my goal is to be around 10 minutes) video of my favorite snippets. I am SO excited to finally have a dedicated place to chronicle my family videos & keep them safe & accessible.
Enjoy a little peek into what our Feburary looked like!
PS: don’t forget to SUBSCRIBE to my YouTube channel while you’re at it!
