I had put it off long enough.
It was time.
I had no choice but to attempt the near-impossible.
***Cue ominous music***
I did it. I finally sat the girls down for a Christmas card photo shoot today.
I know for you blog readers it must seem odd to read that I intensely dreaded this photo shoot, since I’m obviously constantly snapping pictures of the girls. I think my fear stemmed from the fact that I would wanted to catch both girls not only looking at the camera at the same time but also SMILING at the same time (and not the fake, cheesy smile they’re so good at). Add in my desire for them to be wearing matching unstained clothes, seated in front of a nice backdrop, and with their wispy hair at least partially under control, and I was a nervous wreck.
You’re probably thinking I was overreacting, but I’m here to tell you the photo shoot went as badly as I had feared. It didn’t help that I was under a time crunch, because we were doing it before church this morning (I figured I couldn’t be sure that their pretty dresses would still be looking pretty after spending hours at church). The girls woke up with unruly hair that even copious amounts of water couldn’t tame, and they were more interested in looking down at their new dresses or over at the Christmas tree or up her sister’s nose than straight at the camera . I took 77 pictures in a very short period of time, and I was hard-pressed to identify more than a couple that were acceptable.
But even though the session was stressful, we did end up with one I liked enough to send to our family and friends (speaking of which, if you normally send us Christmas cards and don’t have our new address, let me know and I’ll update you. I’m sorry I never got around to sending out change of address cards!). And looking at the uploaded pictures was actually quite entertaining, as I saw frame after frame of our goofy girls being their normal, adorable, goofy selves. That’s one of the reasons I’m so thankful I have this blog to look back upon, so I can remember those goofy moments that aren’t captured in formal photo sessions and that typically grace the walls of a home.
I won’t publish the winning photograph here quite yet (although I will reveal that, despite the picture’s cuteness, I was NOT successful in getting them to both look at the camera), but I will give you a sneak peek into some of the faces that ended up on the so-called cutting room floor, but that brought me joy nonetheless.
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