Taking pictures of kids is soooo hard. Taking pictures of three young kids together is darn near impossible if you want them all still, smiling, and looking at the camera. Still, I try.
Over the years, I have managed to get some really cute Christmas picture of my kids, if I do say so myself. In 2008, I got this cute shot with my one and three year old. Isn't Preston's suit the cutest thing ever? I've spent the last three years trying to find another one just like it.
In 2009, I managed to get this little bit of adorableness, even with a six week old baby:
In 2010, it was a nightmare, but ultimately I trapped Jade (my little runner) by setting them up on the server where she couldn't get away, and managed to get a decent picture:
This year I was hoping it would be easier. When Preston was Jade's age (in the 2009 picture), not only did he cooperate reasonably well, he also held the new baby up for the picture as well! Surely, if he could do that, Jade could sit and smile for a fraction of a second, right?
Wrong. Here are some outtakes:
She played with her shoes.
She blinked (wait, is she rolling her eyes? Probably).
She did this. A lot.
Here's one that's kind of cute, at least Skyla and Preston are smiling at the camera while Jade looks tenderly at her brother.
Oh, wait, not what was happening.
She stuck out her tongue and spit raspberries.
She yawned.
She looked bored.
She ran off (with the stool she was sitting on) leaving her brother and sister still leaning over where she was supposed to be. (They were quite the troopers, I have to give them credit.)
She took her headband out.
She took her sister's bow out (look at Skyla's face :)).
Is it possible I got one? Jade looks a bit goofy and the shadow from the flash is pretty bad, but we might have to call it good enough....except, does it look like she's flipping me off? Yes, yes it does.
Suddenly, I realize that the very first picture I took and hated at the time for the terrible photography (and the fact that you can see Preston's white socks), is starting to look like a perfectly good picture...
In 2009, I managed to get this little bit of adorableness, even with a six week old baby:
In 2010, it was a nightmare, but ultimately I trapped Jade (my little runner) by setting them up on the server where she couldn't get away, and managed to get a decent picture:
This year I was hoping it would be easier. When Preston was Jade's age (in the 2009 picture), not only did he cooperate reasonably well, he also held the new baby up for the picture as well! Surely, if he could do that, Jade could sit and smile for a fraction of a second, right?
Wrong. Here are some outtakes:
She played with her shoes.
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