The lights we were going to use went out and Kinley was hiding so I told Colton and Bailey that I wanted to take some practice pictures and have everything in place before we brought Kinley into the mix and brought in more lights.
AREN'T THEY JUST A BUNDLE OF JOY!!!!!!
I told them to try looking like they were surprised to be tied up.
Colton ended up looking like the kid from Home Alone and Bailey....well in her defense she did have a tooth pulled that day, but was was perfectly fine until I asked them to take pictures.
Colton and Bailey were getting a little better, but my hopes of getting a decent picture with all three kids were quickly diminishing since I could hear Kinley in the hallway yelling, "I'M NOT TAKING A PICTURE", and Greg is sitting in his recliner saying, "Let's just do this on Saturday when everybody is in a better mood." I'm sure it had nothing to do with the fact that he was trying to watch football and this had become a distraction for him.
Needless to say, these will not be making the cut. As a matter of fact, I went to bed that night and gave myself a mental pity party and pretty much had myself talked into not doing Christmas cards at all.
Moving on to the weekend.....There was no talk of Christmas card pictures on Saturday, mainly because I didn't have the energy to deal with it. I wasn't even sure I wanted to deal with it at ALL!
Sunday evening I decided I would give it one more try, but this time I would try a different approach. It went something like this....ME: "Kinley, do you want to go sit in a tree in the back yard?" KINLEY: "Sure Mommy!" ME: "It's a little cold outside, so we need to get you dressed."
KINLEY: "O.K. Mommy" ME: (thinking this might just work) I tell Colton and Bailey to get dressed and meet me outside which they reluctantly do. On the way to the backdoor I decide to try and get a picture of Kinley standing in front of the tree.
Enough Said!
She LOVED being in the tree.
Greg came out to see if I needed any help making her smile.
She didn't know it in this picture, but he had one of the biggest grasshoppers I've ever seen on his back. He picked it up out of the yard and put it on his back in hopes of entertaining her and making her laugh.
Why didn't I think of this tree thing sooner?
Colton and Bailey came outside so I took a few group shots.
Greg suggested that we sit Kinley on the riding lawn mower and have Colton and Bailey sit in the trailer and take their picture. I then suggested that if the riding lawn mower was a Great Big Tractor that would be a Great idea. Sorry, I really don't want to send out Christmas cards with my kids sitting on a lawn mower...but that's just me. The kids climbed on anyway so I figured it wouldn't hurt to take their picture. Kinley was on the lawn mower seat, Colton and Bailey were in the trailer and remember that HUGE grasshopper I mentioned earlier? Well, he was on the lawn mower hitch. I was getting ready to start taking pictures when Kinley turned around, picked up the HUGE grasshopper and threw it into the trailer with Colton and Bailey. Before I knew what was happening, Bailey jumped out of the trailer and landed belly flop style on the ground. Colton didn't hesitate to laugh at her and Kinley didn't know what to think.
They decided the lawn mower wasn't such a great idea.
Colton wanted me to take a picture of him chopping wood. We compromised and he just stood by the wood pile while I took his picture.
Meanwhile, Bailey was climbing a different tree and getting in position to have her picture taken.
Colton and Kinley decided climbing the tree was a good idea and joined in.
After Kinley decided she didn't want to be in the tree anymore, a miracle happened.
Colton and Bailey actually agreed to take a picture together and Colton didn't even freak out when Bailey touched him.
During all of this Greg had gone in the house to watch a little football, but came back out right as I was finishing up with the kids. I took this opportunity to get some pictures of them together. Again, Kinley would not agree to posing for another picture.
By this picture, you would think that Greg had a head full of hair.
I hadn't planned on being in any pictures especially since I was in my warm pajamas, had no make up on and my hair was a mess, but at the last minute I decided differently. It was getting close to dark and when I told Greg my plan, his response was "It will be dark before you can get yourself dressed and ready for any pictures." He thought he was home free until I ran in the house, slapped on some make up, ran a brush through my hair and dressed myself from the waist up and was back outside just in time to get a few shots before the sun went down.
I couldn't take a picture with Kinley and not with Colton and Bailey, so here we are.
I have officially survived another year of Christmas pictures.
Next year I think I will just hire a professional........even though I think I said that last year too and possibly the year before that.
MERRY CHRISTMAS!
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