Christmas Card Photos

I tried to take a Christmas card photo of my girls this year - much too late because, one by one, they've fallen prey to a nasty bug in the last two weeks and this was the first day that all three were well enough to venture outside at the same time.  The Pipsqueak was still under the weather and not happy at all.   I knew she had about 15 minutes in her before a major meltdown, so all of my visions of three happy and relaxed girls cooperating nicely with a laughing and witty mother who makes them giggle while they pose for beautiful photos went out of the window pretty quickly.  I found myself scrambling to get even one photo of all three of them looking at the camera with even semi-happy expressions.  No go.  Not a single one.  So while the actual Christmas picture will have to wait, here are some of the outtakes:















And here are some snaps from our subsequent walk, when the girls decorated our "Charlie Brown Tree" which we planted in the park in 2004









You never know.  One year I may actually plan some matching outfits, have them ready by the beginning of December, have an early snowfall in usually rainy Vancouver and have all three girls snot free and perfectly cooperating with having their picture taken.  A girl can always dream ...