This line never gets old...I can't believe my babies are growing up so fast. Year end photo shoot to update my wall pictures of the kids. Katana super excited. Tried on no less than 6 outfits. Looked at multiple locations inside and out. Googled poses. Let me curl her hair. Got a new diamond bracelet. Put on play makeup which we scrubbed off but agreed on sheer lip-gloss. She helped narrow down the 50 or so shots into a top 10 list. I tell Axel to go put on a nice shirt and smile. He does and we get 10 good ones. Mace I use a combo of threats and bribes to get 8 shots and call it a day. Zara. Is she the cutest thing ever? First try I did her first one day she didn't really know what was going on and I got 2-3 that weren't super blurry. Round 2 - enlist kids to help distract her. Now it's a game of peek-a-boo. or Tickle tickle shoot. Round 3- Oh Mom wants me to smile. Nope I'm going to be sullen. Deer- in- the-headlights- I'm stoned poses. Round 10--Preston has now been recruited Day 7 of shoot, 3rd backdrop and 4th outfit . She's crying. I'm yelling. We pop off a few more and call it quits. After reviewing the plethora of pictures--its the curse of the Christmas tree hike-- we end up picking one of the first shots we did for our wall. So glad I do this every year. The stories make the photos that much more ---cherished.
