Christmas Outtakes I

The ever-elusive Christmas picture was difficult with just one child, and I imagine it will be all but impossible this year with two. We've pretty much given up on studio pictures, so we made our first attempt at a candid picture to send out with our Christmas cards at a (very early) Christmas party on Friday at a local shopping center.

Here are some of the disastrous results. Throwing in two balloons and some reindeer horns didn't help anyone's concentration, unfortunately.

First, we tried staging Josh and Molly in front of the tree with their balloons.






Josh's shoes and antlers and the balloons were much more interesting to Molly than the camera.



We next tried having Chris sit with the kids, but he was the only one looking at the camera.

We gave up because it was getting cold and I thought other people might want to actually enjoy the view of the Christmas tree that we were blocking with our antics. Luckily it's early, and there will be many other opportunities for Christmas pictures. We then headed to the pet store, where Josh spent some time gazing longingly at the clown fish, which he believes are Nemo and Nemo's father.