Get the picture

When Ethne was about a year old I was looking through all our pictures and came to a slow realization, I wasn't in many.  I was sad that I didn't have many pictures of me with my Princess and I promised myself I would do better.  Fast-forward about a year and I hadn't made good on my resolution. Little man was a few months old, Ethne was a year older, and I still didn't have many pictures of me with my kids, and I'm pretty sure there were none of me with Little man (Lawrence failed a little at the whole post-birth picture taking thing).  I realize that this is mostly due to the fact that I am usually the one wielding our weapon of mass memory making, but all the same, I was sad.  I sat down that day with my two babies and took some pictures with the camera on my computer.  They weren't the best pictures, but they were of me with my babies and I treasure them especially now that they are some of the few pictures I have of me with both my kids. I had sort of forgotten about this little issue until a week or so ago when I read this article.  I don't usually pay attention to the Huffington Post, but someone shared this on Facebook and I was intrigued by the title.  So I decided to turn over some of the camera wielding power to Lawrence and asked him to try taking some pictures for me.  I want my kids to know that, even if they can't remember it, their mommy played with them, read them stories, sang to them, and most importantly, was present.  I am going to make an effort to have pictures of me with my kids just as I do to get pictures of them with other people they love and who love them.