Nobody can imagine my excitement when I found swimsuits for all four of my kids that MATCHED!!!
Good old CrewCuts did me proud.
When we got them all, I made the kids gear up, and we went to the jetty for a photo shoot.
And what I got is one of my favorite pictures to date!
With the rocks being uneven, a lot of people-watching, the waves crashing, and the wind blowing, I had to direct firmly so that they were all looking in the direction of the camera.
Obviously, the stars aligned for this picture.
Because, let me show you what happened when I wasn’t directing:
Dash was looking somewhere else, while the big kids were teasing the littles.
Everyone tried their best to look good….Scout and Navy were modeling, while Dash was “getting set” and Pippi was sticking her tongue out.
Dash thought the “running position” was a good pose, while the others were watching the waves.
When I vetoed the running pose, Dash tried the “Superman”.
But I vetoed that one too.
So he vetoed my picture taking, and took off and started climbing all over the rocks instead.
Meanwhile, Navy asked for a few single shots with her famous “leg out” stance.
And Scout was trying to navigate the rocks while holding Pippi.
Then Scout called them to the harbor side, where he was pointing out some cool stuff, and I got a decent candid.
I quickly told them to turn around to see the blood from my boo boo (my tactic for them to all turn around fast), and started snapping.
Amazingly enough, Dash got into the “karate chop” position faster than I could click.
When I finally scolded him to just stand normally for the pictures, he said “OK mommy, I will”.
Then I counted to three for another, and Dash timed it perfectly…
…for the “booty shot”!
You can’t even imagine how hard my kids were laughing at this point.
I finally called it a day, and was really glad that out of a bazillion pictures, I got one that I really like.
| DESIGN BY