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The kids have been obsessed with watching videos on YouTube. Videos of kids (sometimes created by kids) playing with toys, or showing a new toy, or talking about a new toy or opening a box that has a new toy… you get the idea.<\/p>\n

Andrew has been wanting to create one of his own for awhile, so when he asked if we could do it one fine Saturday morning, I said “Sure son! Let me grab my cameras”.<\/p>\n

I did my best to help him make a good video, but it turns out he was the expert on making videos. So I pretty much let him run the show on this one and gave him almost no direction. I decided we could do it his way first, and then maybe I could make suggestions for the next one. If he hasn’t already lost interest.<\/p>\n

If you watch the first 30 seconds, you’ve pretty much seen it all.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Andrew wanted to make a YouTube video today. So that’s what we did. And here it is. 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