Tuesday, December 8, 2009

Adventures in Photography...


NOTE: This post was started a month ago, and is only now being published. Because I am THAT far behind in my life. Sigh...


Well, it was a wonderful Thanksgiving holiday, with members of the Karp/Finkelman clan attending (Mamele & her boyfriend Joe, Matt & his girlfriend Amy) and -- utterly by coincidence -- my Aunt Sharon, cousin Sherry and her DH Brian happened to be in town to see the monuments, so I got a chance to have some Beyers with me as well! This was a true blessing, b/c I haven't seen my family since my wedding, and getting the chance to really HANG with them was awe. some. I cooked dinner (which clearly shows how out of my mind I am right now -- who with their right mind cooks dinner for 12 when they have three young kids underfoot?), and it surprisingly came out really well. Yay for me! We all had the best time hanging out, and the kids were in full glory being spoiled by so many relatives.

My plan was to decorate the tree on Friday, per McMurry tradition, but of course the house was a madhouse, and we didn't get around to it. On Saturday I managed to get all the ornaments, etc, out, Andrew put up the tree, and we got to trimming! I decided to put the tree up in our entryway this year because (1) it just looks amazing there, and (2) the kids don't hang out all day in the foyer, so my chances of someone pulling down ornaments/a tree are minimized. Then, b/c it looked so pretty, my plan was to take some holiday photos of the kids -- hopefully something Christmas Card worthy. All I can say about this adventure is -- thank GOD I had three other pairs of hands there to wrangle. Seriously. If you have three kids ages 3 and under -- you need at least one pair of hands per child in order to successfully take photos of said children -- and even then you aren't guaranteed smiles and/or everyone looking at the camera at once. And -- I still giggle at this -- I had planned a costume change, b/c I really wanted to get the kids in their Santa gear from last year. I think they will still fit, and I bought Charlie a...wait for it...reindeer outfit to go with it, b/c yes, I AM that mean. Bahahaha. Hoo. Yeah, Jack flat out REFUSED to wear the Santa suit, so ... oh well.

Anyway, I got them all dressed up in their cute holiday outfits, and Amy and I plopped them down in front of the tree. I think Amy and I were laughing hysterically trying to get the kids to hold Charlie up, but we got a few good ones. I'm not sharing the actual card photos, b/c, well, I want people to see them on the CARDS, but anyway -- here are some of the better shots I got...





















And one of my favorite shots of Charlie, heh:

Mean Mommy, I know, but I couldn't resist. Anyway, I didn't include the ones I chose for the card (I picked two) b/c I didn't want to ruin the surprise. But of course, here I am finalizing this post after Christmas, instead of when I STARTED it, after Thanksgiving. Sigh. Oh -- but in a happy coincidence (heh) I still haven't sent my Christmas cards out anyway, so... heh. Someday I will have time...

3 comments:

Lysana said...

Ahhhh! Nooooo! I HAVE TO SEE REINDEER PICTURES!

Hee hee. :) Too cute, and love the crying pic. :)

Dorrie said...

These are too darn cute! That first picture of Kate is awesome and of course, what would Christmas be without at least one crying baby picture! ;o)

Charlie said...

Love the pics!