Mazzy and I are starring in a new video for American Express! Well, it’s not actually us. It’s the animated versions of us. Which might be even better.
It’s about the time I bought a new printer and Mazzy thought it was magic.
I guess when a kid sees photos on a computer or an iPhone her entire life, seeing them printed onto an actual piece of paper seems like the newer more amazing technology.
Maybe I’ll buy Mazzy a rotary phone for her birthday and really blow her mind!
“See these cords? ELECTRICITY travels through them.”
“WHOA.”
Before you watch the video, I must tell you four things.
1) My house is huge! At least in cartoon land.
2) I swear, I say “like” in the video way more than I say it in real life. At least, that’s what I tell myself so I can sleep at night.
3) The drawings depict us perfectly, except they get one major thing wrong. Mazzy would NEVER wear an entire outfit without one drop of pink.
4) Mazzy and Harlow have watched this video about ONE BILLION TIMES.
ENJOY!
And just so you know this is a totally true story, here are photos of Mazzy’s actual “About Me” book…
All the images in the pages below were chosen by Mazzy herself when I told her the prompt…
We were instructed to fill the last few pages with whatever we wanted. Mazzy decided to draw a picture of her and Harlow at the beach…
We made the book for her first day of preschool and they gave it back to us at the end of last year.
You know, before she headed into kindergarten.
*sniff*
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Big thanks to American Express for including me in their #EverydayMoments campaign!
The only thing I keep coming back to in this post is that, MAZZY LIKES BROCCOLI? REALLY?
She really does like broccoli! Broccoli, tomatoes and red peppers. Harlow likes them all too. Those are their vegetables of choice.
I love that! It is a wonderful keepsake. For our kindergarten class the kids to an All About Me but just one page. Then the pages are put together into a book which is sent home to each family before becoming part of the class library. It is such a neat way to get introduced to all the kids/families!! P.S. the picture of the chimpanzee is my favourite! 🙂
You, Tina Fey. My head is exploding.
My 2 boys are in 4th & 6th grade and they still love flipping through their all about me books.
How did you make these books?
I really liked the cartoon! They did a great job!
I cant wait to do this when my son is older. I did one of his first year and I love it.
I have one to do with my daughter and I was stumped how to put it together- now I know what our afternoon activity will be!
I love that Harlow is on her things that make me happy page!
Your design background really shows through here – seriously! I liked the little touches of arrows and labels (it’s the little things).
Adorable depiction of the story w/ the cartoon!
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This is a really interesting post!
It’s enormous that you are getting thoughts from this post as well as from our discussion made here.