This evening the weather was just perfect for it, so I talked Josh into lighting a fire in the fire pit. We hardly ever do it, but it was 60 degrees with no wind...seriously perfect! So, he obliged, and while he was getting set up I grabbed some old mail from the recycle bin to throw in there too. Well, as he was working on getting it lit, he grabbed some of the paper to move the fire around, and it just so happened to be Anna's school picture proofs. And she was standing right there! She totally watched him burn her proofs! And what's worse, I'd decided to not bother ordering any because I just didn't think they were all that great... She was devastated! She cried and cried and just kept repeating "my school pictures..." to me and Josh. :( I'm a horrible parent. So, to make it up to her, I offered to take some new "school pictures" for her. I even dressed her up in the same exact outfit! This seems to have made up for it because she's stopped moping around and crying. Thank goodness!

I'm so much pickier about pictures now a days, and I've always thought the guy that they hire to do their school pics has such a posh gig. Just sit these kids down in front of the backdrop and snap a couple of shots. That is until I tried sitting my own child down to get her to take a posed photo in nice clothes! She was all over the place! No wonder none of her school pics have turned out worth a crap this year! She has one more chance when he comes back for the Spring pics, and this one includes the class picture as well, so I'll keep my fingers crossed she behaves better for him than she did me...

I'll start out with the one decent replacement school pic that actually resembles the pose they put her in each time.

And that's pretty much where it ended....the rest are just ridiculous...cute, but ridiculous.

Oh yes....please do this for the school photographer...I'd love to get this as a proof someday.  :) — Oh yes....please do this for the school photographer...I'd love to get this as a proof someday. :)

She was intentionally closing her eyes for a while...

Wallace was totally pissed with us for going outside without him, so he joined us for a few pictures.

Ha!  I asked her to give him a hug.  "/ — Ha! I asked her to give him a hug. "/

Anyway...I guess I've learned my lesson.  The school photog is doing the best he can, and I shouldn't be so picky about her school pics from now on! — Anyway...I guess I've learned my lesson. The school photog is doing the best he can, and I shouldn't be so picky about her school pics from now on!