oh the joys of the kids getting their pictures taken!! as much as i love the first day of school - i HATE picture day!! we have all the best intentions....set out the outfits the night before....take showers the night before so that hair doesn't go to school wet...get up early just in case of a wardrobe malfunction....but i can NEVER plan on every situation!
one woke up in an extremely bad mood - she will remain nameless (grace) - and NOTHING was working for her....especially her hair "it's all FUZZY!!!" well ...water it flat "i CAN'T use water - then it'll look WET!!" (of course it would - why didn't I think of that!) "this outfit doesn't look right!!! these jeans just don't look right with the shirt!" well....no one will SEE the jeans in the picture. but they will see me NOW!! i then just let her figure her outfit/hairstyle out herself. she left at least with clothes on.
one woke up FINALLY! raced to get dressed and put on play clothes instead of his school clothes we laid out the night before. send him back upstairs....comes down with Sunday clothes on.....no.....go back up and get the clothes we set out last night....comes down for the third time time with totally wrong clothes - AGAIN!!! WALK the child upstairs and find 3 outfits thrown all over the floor and missing the outfit we laid out....after 10min of searching we find it and that one is done.
one leaves for school perfectly fine. right clothes.....hair combed.....good mood.....nothing in his teeth. pick him up at 11am (after his picture mind you) for a dr's appointment. he comes out running and the first thing i notice is this HUGE chain around his neck. you know the kind......the chains that gang members attach to their wallets, but our son uses it as a necklace instead!!!! it's big enough that he was already getting bruises around his neck from running and the chain bouncing up and down on his neck! "please, please, please tell me that you didn't wear that for your pictures!" "well.....yea, mom - don't you think it looks great??!?!?! i got it from the wow box at school since i've done so good lately!" (who could argue with THAT one?!?!)
and one tries so very hard to smile.....and it just turns into this grimace of a face. anyone remember the episode of Friends where chandler can't smile - no matter how hard he tries? yea, well......that would be our son, once again - nameless (andrew). no matter how many times he tries it just comes out like he's constipated or something. it's a face only a mom could love! combine that with his very needed orthodontia work - truly a face only a mom could love!
so picture day came and went.....bad hair, ugly clothes (or so the kids think), "fuzzy hair", gang chains, and bad smiles.....can we say .................... RETAKES!!!!
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oh my word, jolynn, i am laughing out loud over here in iowa! :) my favorite was the gang chain. when my sisters had high school graduation a couple of years ago, we lined up all their school pics side by side in clear plastic frames across two tables. we laughed and laughed and LAUGHED at the progression, some of the outfits, the glasses, etc. the gang chain photo will be priceless come graduation time. :)
do you know what I love about your blog? I can hear you speaking through the entire thing!!! WE literally put the fate of our children's faces (and clothing/ jewelry) in the hands of their teachers and the photographer every time. Are they going to know what we really desire our children to look like? Can we even be sure that recess or gym have not interfered with their appearance? And for cryin' out loud, please do not let them have fallen off the bus, nailed their face on the pavement, or come into contact with another's hand/ fist before the flash goes off! Now is the time when picture angst takes place until we have the proof of their good or bad photo in our hands and we debate the retake issue in only the allotted time given us. :)
OH JOLYNN I AM CRACKING UP HERE--GIGGLING HARD AT YOUR PICTURE DAY.
WHAT A DAY!!!
THE GANG CHAIN IS HILARIOUS.
WHAT DO YOU DO? IT WILL BRING LAUGHS IN THE FUTURE HUH?
TOO FUN.
OUR PICTURE DAY STARTED OUT WITH MOMMY HAVING A MIGRAINE--UGH--
TRY CURLING 3 GIRLS' HAIR WTIH HALF YOUR VISION--YIKES :)
Ooooh... a new border! I like it! :-)
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