There are times in life when you ask yourself
"Why did I do that? It was obviously a bad idea" and then it turns
out it wasn't such a bad idea after all. Like me moving to Germany with no
money and no job. But twelve years later I am still here, happily married and with three sons
and a lovely house.
I had one of those bad idea moments this week, albeit
on a much smaller scale. I had a notion to make a yeast bread video tutorial.
When I couldn't get my phone to the right angle to film from, I asked Number
Two (my almost 5 year old) to hold the phone steady for a few minutes. It
started off well but then he decided to get creative and take a few photos of
me. As he did so, he chatted and waved the phone about, leaving me a video in
need of severe editing. But what I also got were some candid shots of me in the
kitchen, just doing what I normally do while baking. Number Two enjoyed filming and photographing as he pleased while I had floury hands.
I loved this shared moment with Number Two,
interrupting our usual routine of breakfast, chatting and getting ready for the
day by adding a phone set to video mode into the mix.
I never got to re-film the start of the
tutorial, but here is what i was able to salvage. If you are interested in the
recipe, leave me a comment and I'll post it soon.
