Sunday, December 6, 2009

Family Pictures

In November we went to Sears (thank you coupons that come in the mail!) and had our family pictures taken. As always it was quite an adventure. I had planned on the girls just wearing the purple shirt and some jeans. Then 30 minutes before we were supposed to leave Hallie's shirt was wet. 15 minutes later it didn't look any drier so I asked her if that was really water on her shirt or did she get something else on. Then she says, "It's makeup. I thought it would make my shirt prettier." She had put lip gloss all over the front of her shirt so that she would look extra pretty. So then we had to have the talk about how you need to tell the truth the first time and also about how makeup only goes on your face.

Tony and tried frantically to wash it in the sink and dry it with my blow drier, but it would not come out. So at the last minute I decided they could just wear the dresses the shirts came with and you wouldn't even be able to see the lip gloss. As luck would have it Hallie's dress lasted just long enough for the pictures to be taken. Then one of the straps broke as we left the mall.

I think they turned out pretty well for all the trouble we went through. They show each of the kids personalities (even Clara's since she was dry until we got into the room to take the picture, then she spit up every 2 minutes--that's my baby).

Next time we won't get the kids dressed until we are ready to say cheese.


4 comments:

meg said...

ahhh. purple. You know, Nicole, you are probably one of the reasons I now love purple. So, naturally, I love that you were forced to use the dresses! They are darling!

All that personality makes for such fun pictures. Part of what you see is how happy your kids are and that's because you guys have created such a wonderful world for them! Those pictures are a tribute to you! I couldn't think of a better way to display it than what you see in their eyes.

MA said...

Super cute! I love the matching outfits. So glad we got to hang out with you guys. Thanks for coming. Miss ya.

The Miller Family said...

SO CUTE! That's a great family picture! What a great story about Hallie thinking the lipgloss would make her shirt prettier :o)

hollharr said...

Nicole,
your blog is so fun! I loved getting your christmas card! your little family is growing right up and little Clara is absolutely a doll! Hope you are doing well. You can check out our blog shayneandholly@blogspot.com! love ya! Holly Harris :)