The other day we tried to take family pictures for our Christmas letter. I set up a "home studio" in the kitchen (okay, just some brown drapes and the camera on a tripod) because we thought we could get better results if we could take 100 pictures instead of just a few at a real photo studio. You will see in our Christmas letter that even the best ones aren't perfect, but here are some of the more funny and less perfect ones:
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Today we made gingerbread cookies after Trey got home from school. He got out the cookie cutters, and while looking through the boxes he said I hadn't organized them very well because the dinosaurs were in the "land animals" box, the pterosaur was in the "flying animals" box, and the plesiosaur was in the "water animals" box. He put all the prehistoric animals together, and included the alligator for good measure because "actually, the ancestors of alligators lived in the dinosaur age, and they're one of the oldest surviving reptile families." The poor kid has pretty much no chance of escaping his childhood without becoming a science geek: Carson and I grew up with 4 non-science geek parents and still managed to become geekish biology majors; with 2 science geeks as parents, Trey as the oldest is getting the worst of it.
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We did something similar last year (and probably will again this year). All I can say is, Photoshop is awesome! After countless pix, Jared took 4 parts (including Vale's face) and put them into one picture, erased a few objects, touched it up and voila, a family picture! We blew it up and framed it and you would never know!!! It's on my blog!
I like the outtakes...can't wait to see the Christmas card. Tre's knowledge of dinosaurs is pretty amazing!
okay...Tre is seriously SO freaking funny AND smart! you need to get him some INTERESTING reading about science! you would never have to ask him to read again! i LOVE the picture of caeden falling off the stool. hillarious. awesome idea w/the backdrop! you're such a great mom!
what do you mean geekISH! You guys are full on geeks! That's why we get along so well! =)
We totally need to get the family picture done. The last professional one we have, so sad to say, Madison is 1! Can we come to Studio Calderwood?
great pictures marisa. you're kids are SOOOO lucky to have a mom that makes cookies AND is smart!! um... i take pictures of them, does that count for something??!!
Love the photo shoot! We should do that since we never have them professionally done. Chloe was five months old!
Love the drama behind getting family pictures taken. And...love the idea of taking them at home like that! We too had a lot of drama getting our family pics taken this fall! Hopefully you had some turn out well!
I know exactly how you feel. It is a nightmare getting everyone to look and smile. Like that ever happens at my house. By the way, how did you get your pictures at the top of your blog. It looks really good. By the way, cute family.
I used photoshop to make one picture out of all the others then edited the html of the background to include that on top...I'm a geek, I freely admit it :(
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