Whimsy is…

We homeschool. You know what I get the most grief about? The lack of school pictures. My own experience with school pictures was deeply scarring. Take a mother with stick straight Asian hair, give her a daughter with VERY curly Greek hair and it’s a recipe for disaster. I digress.

But not really. I am not kidding when I say I’m traumatized by the whole experience.

When the twins were in PS, I would get sick trying to make sure everything was “perfect” for picture day. So I rejoiced in the fact that I would not have to deal with that again.

Of course, I always intended to have my children’s pictures taken. You know, when all the planets aligned correctly and they all had good haircuts and no open wounds or bruises on their faces.

Somehow several years have passed and there has been no alignment. The baby is almost 3 and I think there’s like 1 portrait picture of her. (Countless snapshots - but they don’t seem to get me off the hook with the grandparents)

So, last night, when I should have been sleeping, I decided picture time has come. Planets or not.

First, I was just going to run into Walmart and have them done. But that sick feeling came back. Getting 4 kids dressed and have them remain so until picture time? Not likely. Also - the twins are teenagers now. I’m not spending money on pictures to have them leave any stray “spots” on their faces.

I have a good digital camera. Not a super fancy SLR like my friend and sister have (no, that wasn’t envy in my voice - really) But I think I can do the job.

Here’s my research sites:

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HEY!!! Where’s my little HTML buttons to format my links? I don’t want to code anything today… (or ever)