Portraits

We (read "I") wanted to get a good picture for our Christmas card this year, and after a marital disagreement ensuing from our last family photo shoot, I decided it would be just the kids this year. So, I took the kids to get their pictures taken the Friday before Christmas when everyone else and their brother was getting photos taken.

The kids did great. I didn't even have to tell them about the cookies I brought until the shoot was almost over. And I did have to pull out the lollipops when I took almost an HOUR looking through all 85 pictures and deciding what I liked... But, other than the sugar high, it was a beautiful success. Nothing we couldn't cure by a trip to the nearby mall where I let them run wild at the mall playground for an hour before we headed home (in another one of our recently typical snowstorms).

Here are some of my favorite shots, and believe me, it was hard to choose from 85!

Isn't this one hilarious? I can just see her say, "Seriously mom?"

This was after the photographer said, "Show me your muscles!!"

So, this last one is the one that ended up on most of the Christmas cards. I love it because it just looks like both of them how they are every day. I could just eat them up right there on the screen.