Thursday, April 14, 2011

387

That’s the amount of pictures I took of the kids in their Easter outfits.

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That’s the amount of good pictures I got of them together. Why is it so hard to get two kids to sit next to each other and smile for a few pictures?

I’ll tell you why.

One kid’s a complete goofball, and the other kid’s a ham:

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When one’s cooperating, the other’s, well, not:

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There’s always posing, though, not exactly what I had in mind:

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And then there’s the attempts to see how much one can annoy his sister:

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387 pictures, 2 hours, lots of giggles, and a bit of lost sanity, all for that one perfect picture…

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Sigh.

I can almost imagine what this would have looked like hanging above my fireplace.

Oh well, one can always learn from experiences like these. I’m learning that I should look through my viewfinder more often than not.

I’m also learning to redefine my original definition of a  “good picture.” Yes, having a whole album of perfectly poised and smiling children is nice, but having a story in pictures is even better. We sure did laugh a lot today. And I have the pictures to prove it.

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xo

nessa dee

2 comments:

Jenna said...

I love them!! Makes me laugh. Makes me miss you guys.

Kelly said...

These are wonderful and Hi Jenna! :)