Outtakes - Lia

I didn't get cards sent out this year at Christmas time or New Years.  I had such great intentions.  I bought nice clothes, agonized over which pair of leggings to put on Lia, found a location I loved that had the right colors for the background, yadda, yadda, yadda.  The big day came for me to take the kids out for the shoot and I was certain that unlike last year, I was going to get some GREAT shots of my kids.  Weeeel...it didn't exactly turn out that way.  Oh, the location was fine, the clothes looked good, and the kids were fed and happy when we got there.  But when a 2 year old decides she is NOT going to cooperate, not amount of begging, pleading, bribing, singing, acting goofy, etc. is going to work.  You just can NOT reason with an unreasonable toddler.  She looked cute, she made me laugh, but she also made me want to pull my hair!  Last year I sent out a funny card.  I actually sent the "out takes" and had a cute little saying on it.  But this year, I wanted something classy.  Not cutesy. 

I present to you Mizz Lia...

When I purchased the dress for Lia I knew I wanted to find something else to add to her dress to give it a little pizazz.  I found what I *thought* was the perfect accessory at a wonderful little children's shop.  I didn't have her with me at the time but I just knew this was going to look really great with her red dress.

ummm...not so much

It's WAY to big for her small frame.  You think this looks funny?  You should have seen what it looked like when I put it in her hair! 

So...here she is looking all excited about being there and having Mom whip out the camera.

Then she sees it...the THING!

"what is this? what will it do to me?"

"OK, I'll pretend I don't know it's there and just entertain myself.  But I will NOT look anywhere near Mom's direction."

"Oh, OK, I'll look at Mom.  Hey Mom, how's THIS for class!"

Then I decided to take the "thing" off.  She didn't really like that.

And, really, how can you go on taking photos when you're getting these looks?  I kind of wanted to cry with her.  But I think it was for reasons different than hers!

This, my friends, is the reason there were no cards sent out during the holidays.  Maybe next year?

Up next - Jacob.  He's 4.  He understands magic words like "McDonalds, Chick-fil-a, the park". He responds to them very well!