Both girls have their Halloween parades/parties at their respective schools, so I took the day off to attend all the festivities.

When all the parents whipped out their video recorders at my younger daughter's preschool parade, I realized that I had forgotten mine. Never even thought about charging it up. That's how it is for the 2nd kid, I guess.

With my first daughter, I got there early, wormed my way up front, recorded every moment so my husband could see it. Now, I don't even remember to bring the video camera.

I will say, however, that I enjoyed listening to them sing more when I didn't have to watch it through a camera lense while balancing on one knee on concrete.