Okay...I have been trying for the last month to get a nice picture of my 3 kids! (Anyone with multiple kids knows this challenge well) Jacky was my stinker because he's 2 and doesn't want to sit still. Tried one photo shoot at Sears and Jules was not gonna smile for the photographer, no matter what. So then I decided I'd just take a picture myself because I can get Jules to smile better than anyone. The first 2 photo shoots were right before dinner. (Yeah, hungry kids + the end of the day = no happy smiles from anyone) I tried the end of the day bit because I employed the help of Merril to try and control Jack. So today I thought I'd just try to get it done in the middle of the day even though Merril was going to be at work. So I fed Juliet right before her nap, gave the other 2 kids a mid-morning snack and got them dressed. When Juliet woke up, rested and still full, we drove into town. I sat the kids down and tried like crazy to keep Jack in one spot. Even now in the picture, he looks like he's about to spring into action. When this shot came out, I just about jumped for joy! All 3 kids, smiles, happy faces, nice postures, looking at the camera, hallelujah!
I also caught this one of Maxine telling a story about a magic blimp. I guess Juliet was buying it because she's looking up at the sky too.
Oh, and one more victory!! I read a whole book. (I'm meaning a Mommy book, not Green Eggs and Ham.) It was one of my new year resolutions because I read to my kids a ton and read magazines but my book reading has gone way down since I had kids. It was called 'I Am a Mother' by Jane Clayson Johnson. The author talks about how hard it is to be a Mom but how it's totally worth it. Furthermore, Mothers should get a lot more credit for this huge service that they do but for which they rarely get acknowledged. So every time I picked it up, I felt encouraged and uplifted to keep going and being the best Mom I could be. Who doesn't need that at least 10 times a day?
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cute pictures! I love how much Jack looks like Merril in that first picture...I think it's the whole "can't sit still" look!
Congrats on getting ALL 3 kids to look adorable AND get it captured in a photo. That is quite a feat. I still don't really have a cute one of Alex and Lily both smiling in a non-candid situation. Lily is like Jack. Can't sit still for anything. So my hat is off to you!
So cute. 3 kids is hard. I tried doing it in October and last march. None of the pictures turned out the way I wanted, but I think we managed to get one where no one was scowling.
I've heard that book is really good. I"ll have to pick it up.
Great picture - nice location. Short sleeves in February...I hardly remember those days. And WOWZA Juliet has a TON of hair!
Great job on getting all three kids to smile and sit still and very cute! It must be a middle child thing (or the age) because even though Jake is the most mild-mannered of my kids, he is always moving out of the picture. However, I guess I haven't tried to take a picture of all three since Joey has learned to walk. Next time I do, it will probably be J.D. restraining Joey and Jake trying to stand up.
Darling. I can still remember going to a play-day at Burger King and Maxine was sitting on the table and not moving. And now she is so grown up. Congratulations!
You've SEEN my attempts of taking pictures of the 3 of mine together. Just imagine how much more difficult it is going to be with 4! I don't even want to think about that. I love the last candid one of them looking at the sky. You could just crop it to show only Jack and it would be a GREAT portrait of just him! He's so cute...
And I KWYM about the whole energy thing! Why don't they give parents the same evergy! It's a mean trick I think!
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