Every year, I struggle with getting the "perfect picture" to send out as Christmas cards. I realize that with two small children (and sometimes a couple of adults and/or a dog thrown in there too) this is a losing battle. Still, I try.
On Sunday, we went to a Santa Brunch. I thought this would be a great place to get that perfect picture I've been dreaming of. There would even be live reindeer to pose with - how could we go wrong!? Well, as you can see from the results above, perfection wasn't quite reached. Emma tried so hard to smile sweetly while putting her arm around Henry...Unfortunately, Henry wasn't exactly cooperating.
Today we tried again. We have fresh snow on the ground - great for Christmas picture taking! So, what I finally realized today was that Henry has no idea how you smile on command...The above picture shows Henry "smiling" (I know this because when I told him to smile he said - "I am!") What he was doing was squinting his eyes and holding his breath. Sometimes he would open his mouth wide a stick out his tongue as well. Poor guy, all he needed was a little coaching in the art of smiling!
In the end, after dozens of pictures, I think we ended up with something pretty good. (Thank goodness for digital cameras - however did we survive before that wonderful invention?)One more thing checked off my to-do list!
2 comments:
Thanks to Henry I got myself a good laugh tonight. He is posing so nicely and trying so hard to smile. I can't wait to see the final product.
Love,
Mamma/Mormor
That is so funny about Henry's attempt to smile! Poor guy. Did you teach him the "right" way to put on a happy face?
Sofia
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