More Boring Pictures Of The Kids!

I bought some "Happy Thanksgiving" cards a few weeks ago with the intention of sending them, like I have for every major holiday this year, to our parents/grandparents. Most of the time, I am able to take a good picture of the kids to send along, while a few times I sent the cards with just well wishes.

I had every intention of sending the T-Day cards pictureless. I mean, I'll be sending out our "fully loaded with pictures" Christmas cards out less than a month from now. Do people really need that many pictures of my kids? Do I really need to go through the hassle of making Quinn look cute and Mitchell sit still? The answers to these questions were a resounding, "No!"

Until I filled in all the addresses, put on the stamps, and went to seal the envelopes in order to mail them. I thought, "Maybe I'll just give it a try. If I get a good picture, great, and if not, oh well. At least I tried."

And then I spent 20 minutes curling Quinn's hair and setting up the shot. I was ready for some magic!

 

Mitchell was not ready for some magic. He was ready to try to escape.

Just a couple of shots in and I am so close!!!

Nope, Mitchell is begging to be picked up. Luckily, Quinn is holding him back!!

 

 

 

This is taking too long. Quinn is getting bored of smiling. Lol

We've been at this for like 20 minutes. Mitchell is starting to lose patience.Sometimes they cooperate, sometimes they don't. Mitchell is at that awkward stage that he just won't do stuff he doesn't want to do. Nothing will change his mind.

I was just about ready to give up. At this point, I'd taken 56 pictures and, even though I hadn't looked at them yet, I knew there wasn't a good shot in them. And then, out of nowhere, Mitchell looked at me and smiled and I clicked and crossed my fingers that I didn't miss it. I checked my camera to see this:

I did it!!! I took a picture that didn't suck!!!

I got the OK from Joe to send this picture, not that I needed it. I just wanted to brag that I took a good picture that morning. I got them printed and got them in the mail.

Personally, I love having candid shots of the kids with messy faces and messy hair. I like the real life aspect of it. But I like these posed shots, too. If I weren't so cheap, I'd probably pay someone who could do a better job than me to do this for me.

Happy Thanksgiving to all 6 of you that read this blog (not counting my mom, Hey MOM!!! See you later!!!) I hope everyone has a wonderful day full of good food and good times!!! Be safe on the road!!!