Tuesday, December 9, 2008

That Elusive Christmas Picture

You all know what I'm talking about. That perfect picture you try to capture to send to your friends and family. You've all been there. The one that doesn't even come close to an actual representation of your family or your daughter. In a true representation, Miss G would be covered in dirt with her stray ponytail hanging in her face. She would have breakfast on her shirt and lunch in her hair.

Today we tried to capture the "perfect" picture. It's a ritual that she is subjected to every year. I'm sure she'll need counseling for this someday.



I wanted to make her smile. I succeeded in making her laugh so hard that she had tears in her eyes and her face turned red and splotchy.


We took some deep breaths and moved to the Christmas tree. Nothing says Christmas like that big ol' green tree.


All I got there was a very serious Miss G.


Here is an interesting face.



Cute but where did her lips go? Also, if you'll take a closer look, you'll see spaghetti sauce stains in the corners of her mouth. Despite trying to take the perfect picture, we now have an actual representation of the way we roll.

How does one counter spaghetti sauce stains in the corners of one's mouth?


Either wipe them away before you take 100 photos or just rely on your trusty photo editor. Can anyone say Photoshop?

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

The last (black and white) picture is my favorite! She's adorable!!

Anonymous said...

Well, we got ours today, and it is just adorable! Great picture. She looks like such a big girl....

Love,
Angie and Byron