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Oh Goodness!
It took 4 takes for us to get a decent shot!
Wrangling Mr. Conductor took some doing as the party cut into the little man's nap and the powers of goodness he possesses were slowly fading from lack of time to regenerate.
Here is shot no. 2:

I have to say this is much more realistic of our family than any nicely posed smily shot. Mr. Steady is trying to corral Maiden as she picks on Sassafras and I'm just trying to hold on to some part of Mr. Conductor while trying to smile and look happy. Yippee.

Here's Take 3- Mr. Steady has now taken Mr. Conductor from me and given me Maiden to hold on to (doesn't she look thrilled!). The only one not having problems seems to be Sassafras, my day dreamer. And now for the final take- final because I said, "No more. Please, no more."

Mr. Steady was trying to get the now crying and flailing Mr. Conductor to smile yet the girls were doing fine. I figured this was as good as it was gonna get. Please notice Mr. Conductor's bare tootsies. I had to hunt down his socks after the photo shoot and his shoes. Upon seeing me loading in the photo he exclaimed, "Hey, I gots nakey feeties. That's me! I'm cute!"
Yep, he's all that alright.
Oh and I just noticed Sassafras's grass stain on her right knee. Which hasn't come out of the jeans yet. One of the bad things about it not being a white Christmas and about 50 degrees outside. You should have seen the seat of her pants. Sigh.

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4:08 PM, 2006-Dec-28 .. Posted by j706nancyr

LOL LOL I love it! I do believe the first pic is my favorite......Like you said...it shows a family in reality, not the "happy family" pose of professional pics, with smiles pasted on.
Nancy

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4:12 PM, 2006-Dec-28 .. Posted by Kitty

One of my favorite pictures of my family is one where my ds at 10 months old is grabbing his ds head and she is trying to keep a smile for the camera. You'll look real and happy, so they are great.
Kitty

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5:46 PM, 2006-Dec-28 .. Posted by Laura @ the Peanut Patch

What wonderful photos, all of them... it is awesome to see your whole family together in one pic. Too cute!

PS I think #1 is my favorite too - nothing like real life to make you smile. :-)