The Magicalness of Childhood
For a fun side project I made a video of a birthday party
that I attended. Little Pryce was
turning four, and as a surprise his parents got him one of those big inflatable
bouncy moonwalk thingys. What child
wouldn’t love that?!
I remember when I was growing up I only had a couple
birthday parties. Since my birthday is
in December in Wisconsin there wasn’t a whole lot we could do outside. Its too cold for anything much, but it was
rarely snowing yet so no sledding or snowball fights. My brother on the other hand, was blessed
with a June birthday. So not only did he
never get a birthday/Christmas combo gift from anyone (my fellow December
birthdays can relate) but there were the cool pool parties. Sigh….
I suppose if this was my biggest woe from childhood, I can live with
that J
and my dad did come though with a pretty fantastic magic show for one of my
parties.
Pryce though, really had a great party. Kids packed the bouncy inflatable, parents
and grandparents enjoyed each other’s company, and there were plenty of cool
refreshments for the hot day. But Pryce is 4, will he remember any of it? Probably not… but that’s where I come
in. As I have been making more and more
videos and taking pictures I am constantly reminded of how important
documenting life is. Those moments don’t
come back---and don’t you want to be able to remember just how much fun your
childhood was? One of the people that
slide down the bouncy inflatable is Pryce’s grandmother. How precious will that memory be as Pryce
grows up… Not to mention, if you were
Pryce’s parents, wouldn’t you rather enjoy your son’s party and actually BE IN
the pictures? Let me help you with that---I
got the pictures and video covered. You
enjoy yourself and make his big day extra special.
Enjoy the movie!