The concept began in March of 2009, when
Shay's viewers were complaining that he wasn't posting videos very often, and Shay began to feel bad. As sort of a "punishment", he decided to post a video everyday for a month, and if he missed a day, he would delete his famous
Shaycarl channel. It became a year. Which became just everyday.
Through watching the videos, we learn many things about
the Tards. Shay and his wife, nicknamed Katilette (or mommytard) have 4 children. For security reasons, Shay and Katilette do not purposley let out their childrens names, so they are given "tard" names. The oldest child is
Sontard who is six, five year old
Princesstard, three year old
Babytard, and the newest edition, two month old
Rocktard. They also have a dog named Malachi.
These videos have become part of many people's daily life, and routine. Many of their videos have delt with serious issues, like when Princesstard realized that someday she was going to die. Or when Rocktard was born. We've seen them all laugh, cry, scream, but what sets them apart from most families is how close they are. They are always laughing and having fun with each other, and they love each other more than anything in the world.