One day, in the not-too-distant future family portraits will be replaced by digital images, home videos by YouTube productions, picture albums by computer images, and memory boxes by electronic family treasures.

And your precious little one, who will be then be an adult, will be showing off his or her childhood mementos to your grandchildren — first YouTube video, first bulletin board posting, first Website, first blog — and then, with a downcast look and a feeling of shame, your child, even as an adult, will have to mumble through some excuse, explaining why their childhood picture doesn’t appear in the Mount Airy News-Scenic Motors Cutest Kids Contest from 2012.

But wait, there’s still time! You can change this scene so that your child will forever be able to brag that way back then, in 2012, you wanted the world to see him, or her, in the Cutest Kid Contest. And it’s so easy. Post your child’s picture, then have all your relatives, neighbors, friends, and anyone you might know to log on and vote for your child!

Just go to mtairynews.com and look for the Scenic Motors Cutest Kids Contest. Hurry — the competition ends June 17, and the sooner you get your child’s picture there, the longer you have to collect votes.