Well.
It is finally finished.
Many months, many meetings, many yummy cakes, lots of filming, much chocoloate, lots of chinese tea, heaps of lollies, over 150 script edits, many prayers, oodles of decisions, a whole bunch of gorgeous toddlers, lots of crossraods, many out takes, a pool party, and an enormous number of hours of hard work are behind us.
Words can not express the depth of my gratitude to so many people who contributed to this project. I am so humbled by so many generous and wonderful people.
Firstly Felic for coming to me with this idea more than two years ago.
It is her vision that started the ball rolling, and her tenacity that saw it through.
Linc for his support, jokes, wisdom and prayers along the way.
And for their four beautiful children's part too.
For Stu, the technical genius who pulled the script, crew, filming, sound and editing together.
His incredible number of hours will be so richly rewarded in heaven.
For Tara, who so graciously allowed Stu the hours to work on this project,
and for all her fantastic admin and catering support.
And for their two beautiful children's filming role too.
For James and Sonia, for so generously lending us their house for main filming day, and their four beautiful children for inclusion.
For Meryn and Matt, for their three beautiful children who did so well in front of the camera, too.
To Carol for the fantastic cover and artwork - you were a pleasure to work with.
To COMPLIMENTS OF GUS for sharing their wonderful music with us - your generosity is so kind.
To the crew (who were SO patient), post-editing and duplicating companies, animator and duplicator - many thanks are extended to you all too.
Our prayer is that this DVD will give you a glimpse of what a day with your toddler can look like.
We follow four families throughout the day and show real mums interacting with real toddlers (not actors!) in each part of the day.
For each section I explain the reasons behind each activity and a few points to consider as you implement the activity into your own day. The suggestions are not prescriptive, and you are encouraged to adapt the principles to suit your own unique family.
ENJOY these precious toddler years!
