Aria is very into my iPhone lately. She picks it up if she sees it on the counter. She plucks it out of my purse. She grabs it from my back pocket. I know, I know… I shouldn’t let her just take my phone like that, but she just loves playing with my iPhone’s camera. Who knows, she could grow up to be a famous photographer. So, I let her practice. But the truth is that 99.9% of her photos get erased by me because they are just random pictures of the sky, of the floor, or a close-up of someone’s face where all you can see is skin or an eyeball. But every now and then she will get a photo that’s worth keeping.
Like this one.
On this day we were sitting out in the hot sun watching one of Alex’s soccer games. She was bored so she began playing with my phone, and she snapped this photo of our feet. Now, if I really wanted to be critical of this picture I can say, “Ewwww! I really need a pedicure! And those old flip-flops have to go!” But I’m not going to do that. Instead I’m going to focus on those pretty little pink tennis shoes (that one day will be a size 10 like her mom, but for now are still small and cute) and those sweet little white socks, and those cute little legs, and the fact that we are side by side, enjoying the day together…and this wonderful moment in time was captured not by me, the usual photographer of the family, but by my three-year-old daughter. It’s just a priceless photo. It’s perfect. No editing needed.
And for those of you who think that I only post pictures of myself on this blog that are edited to flatter, that don’t make me look frumpy or bad in anyway – you are right. I carefully choose the photos of myself because I’m vain like that. But today, well…here’s a special treat for you! Because I think Aria is so darn cute in the way she uses my camera, I’m going to show you a candid video she took of me last night as I was doing housework. Yep, it’s the REAL me!
It’s a very short video, and when you watch it please try to ignore my housewife frumpiness and just listen to her sweet commentary. I think when she grows up she just might be a reporter!
I let mine take pictures too. Some of my favorite pictures have been from those times, along with the memory of how little they were.
What a cute interviewer and skinny mama!
This is ADORABLE!!!!
So excited – you’re showing up in my reading list so I’m not missing posts any more 😀
aww.. you have the cutest girl ever! =)
yay, your blog shows updates now! what a cute picture. and the video is not showing up for me
p.s. i thought of you the other day and think you need to do a FAQ post. ask everyone to email you questions they have about your family and how you keep it managed and then post about it. i have tons of questions for you! a mom of 9 surely has tips we never even knew existed!
Hi Katrina! Thanks for stopping by my blog and sharing Ruby’s parent’s blog with me. I read a great deal of it and was sobbing.
I am looking forward to reading more on your blog… I LOVE big families!
Amy…YES! My RSS feed is finally working! That was the problem. I had no idea what was going on…but my computer/internet savvy friend Kristi fixed it for me, because she’s awesome like that
So glad to hear I am now showing up in your blog list!
Great post! How cute is her little voice on that video?
I’m so excited that your blog is now showing up in my blog list! I have had it in my blog roll for months, but for some reason it would never show up when you posted, and I didn’t remember to check over here as often as I’d like, since I quite enjoy your blog. Now I can see every time you do a new post. Yay!
– Amy
Ok that is the cutest little camera mans voice EVER! Love the feet picture as well!