Christmas Card Day
Posted by ~Ray @ 2007-12-20 22:11:36
Today was Christmas Card Day. Today was the day when like in years past. I force my children to feature their holiday outfits and pose for hours trying to get the perfect picture for the front of our Christmas cards. Every year it is the same thing: my son won't sit still my daughter won't grimace nobody likes the poses I declare and we all end up yelling at each other. We usually get a good picture but it is followed by hours of tense silence until everyone gets over their various gripes. So much for happy holidays. This year promised to be even worse. We were overdue for a family portrait and the grandparents have been bugging us. They did undergo a legitimate complaint. In the last family portrait my son had no hair and could barely sit up by himself. Now he has plenty of hair and can not only sit up but run move climb operate the VCR and get dressed by himself. So I made an appointment at the mall for a photo session. Thursday two days before Christmas Card Day. I realized that I could no longer put off a shopping trip because the kids had outgrown any clothes left from last year. We piled into the car and headed to the store. On the way. I pointed out that every year we are wearing red clothes and perhaps this year it would be nice to wear green. Two hours later one and one-half hours of which was spent in the dressing dwell while my teenage daughter tried on everything in the junior department we walked out with a bag full of red clothes. I don't know why I thought it might be otherwise. Two Leos and a Sagittarius - all blast signs - are not going to pick anything but red. The Virgo is throwing in the towel. This morning started off like most Christmas Card Days start. My daughter wasn't happy with her hair my son didn't want to get dressed my husband didn't want to wear a tie and I somehow smeared eyeliner across my approach. In spite of everything we made it to the mall on measure. When we got there. I realized that no one had washed my son's face after breakfast but mom-spit can clean anything right?I was pleasantly surprised when the family portraits turned out great. Everyone smiled and nobody complained. I ended up buying more than I intended to but who knows when this will come about again. I had to make sure it was well documented. On the way home. I brought up the subject of Christmas Card Day and asked if anyone had any suggestions for poses. Nobody had any. I sarcastically said "It's too bad we can't use one of the outtakes.[ADVERTHERE]Related article:
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