In true first-month-of-preschool fashion, Cutie Pie’s teacher is doing a lesson about families. She requested that we send in a family picture to use on their classroom bulletin board. It’s been a while since we’ve taken a family picture so I decided to gather the troops for a little photo session out by the pool last Thursday. We had the camera positioned on the tripod, the kids were relatively clean and awake, J and I were looking pretty decent- perfect!
Kind of…
After setting the self-timer on camera, I hurdled myself over the tripod, pool railing and patio furniture to join my crew. Cutie Pie decided to be a lump and would not move. Somehow I managed to scrape his toe on the pavers while trying to pick him up. The result was a less than fabulous family portrait. Cutie Pie was sobbing, J was trying not to laugh, I had an overcompensating grin and Wildman had his eyes closed…
The second take wasn’t much better since Cutie Pie was still pissed about the toe and I have my hair blowing in my face…
The third take resulted in a keeper. It’s not perfect but it was good enough for the preschool family tree! Don’t you love my wind-blown model hair? LOL!
Adventures of Four 
Ed
Aug 30, 2011 @ 21:36:26
Great story! I’d say doing this in three takes was a great success!
angela
Aug 31, 2011 @ 19:53:50
I think the last one is fabulous!