A couple of weeks ago, one unseasonalby warm (okay, hot and sweaty) afternoon in November, I dressed the kids in planned, coordinating, fall outfits and dragged everyone to the park in hopes of getting a decent picture for a Christmas card. Last year featured Brandon and me as Santa and a (scantilly clad) Mrs. Claus pulled in a sleigh by four familiar-looking reindeer, with detailed illustrations and heads cut out from pictures. So this year, creative control is mine. I just want ONE YEAR with a normal-ish Christmas card. Just ONE YEAR.
Someday I'll tell a little story about the Christmas Cards of Mandy's Past. It's a sordid tale of denim jumpers and 80s perms.
I was given about 30 minutes of picture taking with semi-cooperative children and a semi-cooperative camera, and came away with 114 pictures.
9 of them were in focus.
9.
3 of those actually featured all 4 of my children.
Please, please someone take the camera out of my hands and never give it back to me.
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The other six featured these cuties,
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and my boys up in a tree:
So if you're holding your breath waiting on the annual Christmas card from our house, you may be waiting A. While.
1 comments:
I bet their Pappy would like a copy of the one that is fourth from the last of just the two girls ..... The one where the blond one is not digging at her belly button... I bet their GG would like some of those for her digital frame...
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