It's that time of year, where the kids get their photos done at school. They are taken at this time of the year so that we can give the photos away as gifts for Christmas.
The order form has come back, 7 photo options for each child. Head shots and head and torso shots. Packages of photos on offer are 8x10, 5x7, magnets, passport size, calendars, Christmas greeting cards, collages, you name it, you can have the photo made to order. The question remains, which pack to get. Who would like the photos apart from us? We decided grandparents would like a copy of each. Perhaps a 5x7 each, so we need 3 5x7s, but is there such a package? Nah, that would be far too easy after long deliberation on which head shot to go for in the first place.
In the past, especially in the first few years when these photos were done, and the children still knew how to smile naturally, we would buy a combination pack of different sizes, give some away to friends and family who live far from us. Keep one for ourselves and find ourselves left with several copies of the same photo. In our recent move to Trinidad and then Toronto, I have come across several copies of these photos, lovely to have but not in such quantity.
In the latter years, we didn't purchase the photos if they weren't any good, we just didn't buy them. Jasmine has forgotten how to smile naturally in front of the camera. She has the loveliest smile, and she's got a beautiful face, but get her to smile for a camera and it just doesn't compute! The pixels just can't undo that forced smile that somehow makes her look hamster cheeked! She also loves making funny faces for the camera, which is perfectly fine but maybe not for school photos. Mitch has no such problem, that boy s so photogenic, I think he should be a model!
So, we need 3 5x7s, but end up getting 4 as we can't just get 3. Anyone wanting a spare photo of my kids, email me LOL.
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