The 2-3ft Point of View

So after a several month hiatus, Marielle has decided to take up photography once again. Her time away from behind the lens, however, was not her fault but mine. Her camera ran out of batteries one afternoon, and, yes, it has taken this many months to get around to replacing them. For those of you with small children and children's electronics, you know that replacing batteries isn't merely as easy as having the right size and quantity of battery ready for the replacement. No, you also need to have a screwdriver. Believe me when I say that the trifecta of having the toy, batteries, and screwdriver is often a long shot at best.

Marielle was thrilled to have been reunited with her camera. I know this because it was conveyed many times to me by my daughter. She was also very thankful that I had "fixed" her camera and that I, "had done a very good job Daddy!" If only she knew that my inability to keep a screwdriver with the batteries had kept her and her camera apart for these past few months.

After spending the afternoon snapping photos, I quickly downloaded them to the computer so that I could upload them to the blog for you all to see as I had promised ... eight months ago. Here is the part I was most excited to share. Check out the point of view. It had never dawned on me how different our children's view of the world is from ours. And I mean from a geometric/height standpoint as opposed to a philosophical standpoint. Despite the fact that I look down to talk to her, it never sunk in that they spend all of their time looking up to us. Not only for guidance, but literally. It was a real eye opener for me.