Our "Boring" Halloween Family Photo Shoot!

I love this time of year. I love the change of seasons. I love apple picking, haunted houses, and hayrides. I love Halloween and all that entails, like candy and costumes. I especially love taking pictures of the kiddos in their costumes. I lucked out last year and got a couple of good deals on costumes for the kids. The only downside to buying their costumes in early November of last year is that I had to wait an entire year for them to wear them!

Anyway, I've been trying to take pictures of the kids for each of the holidays of the year to send to family. I've done Valentine's Day pictures, St. Patrick's Day pictures, Easter Bunny pictures, and now Halloween pictures. It seems that the further along in the year we get, the tougher it is for Mitchell to sit still for photos. Halloween has been the worst yet, because Mitchell neither wanted to sit still nor wear his costume. Joe and I did the best that we could with our little wiggle worm/cry baby. Here are some of the best and worst pictures we got!!

 

We set up a few Halloween themed items in our side yard: A "Keep Away"sign, and a few plastic pumpkins. Mitchell cried...

... and then ran away.. Quinn, as usual, stood there and smiled the entire time.

When we realized that pictures of the both of them together probably wasn't going to happen, we tried with just Mitchell. He cried again. He just did not want to sit.

This almost looks like a smile, but really, he's just crying. He kept trying to take his hat off, too. He is not a hat wearing kid. In the interest of not scarring him for life or making him completely miserable, we gave up.  On to Quinn..

 

Quinn is a WAY easier kid to photograph. She loves being the center of attention. She loves to pose. And most of all, she loved being a little cowgirl. Unlike Mitchell, she loved her hat and didn't want to take it off.

Isn't she a little supermodel?!

I let the kids run around the yard while I checked out my memory card to see if there were any worthy shots to print and send to family. There weren't. The ones I posted weren't too bad, but I hoped that maybe I could do a better job. I hoped that this break would rejuvenate Mitch enough to get him to take a few more pictures.

I had an idea.

 If Mitchell wouldn't sit still on his own, maybe he would be happier if Joe held him during a family shot. I grabbed my tripod and crossed my fingers that this would work out!

Here's what I ended up with:

Yay!!! We got one!! I was so glad that we wouldn't have to do this photo shoot again the following weekend! I didn't originally plan to do a family shot, but sometimes the best things happen when you aren't planning them!

Happy Halloween to all 5 of you that read my blog! I hope you enjoyed our boring family photo session!!