After the kids opened up their new Christmas Pajamas, we figured we would try getting a picture of all 4 in their new Christmas outfits, knowing full well the likelihood of getting a great picture would be next to zero. Below is a little taste of what those 5 minutes or so were like. Given there are 10 pictures, I've made them all small - click on them to enlarge.
Liam started by not wanting to be part of the group. Jared held him until everyone else was set, then quickly put him onto Jacob's lap. At this point, we had 2 cameras going to try to catch a moment.
Liam was successful at his escape, so we snapped a picture or two with Liam off to the side. Eventually, we coaxed Liam close enough to the group that he would be in the picture.
We wound up snapping 20+ pictures of this, with hopes of catching 1 moment where all 4 were smiling and looking at the camera. Looking at the camera was hard for Liam. Smiling was hard for Kate. Looking was hard for Jacob. And Claire was being Claire, quite excited to show off her missing teeth!
Liam would occasionally wander off, and we'd try to get him to come back and look at the tree, then look at us. We eventually resorted to trying to get the kids to all yell, "WOAH" at the same time, which is one of Liam's favorite words, and is why his face is tensed up in the bottom picture.
The winner, by default... the one where all 8 eyes were facing the camera. I'm not sure I'm ready to enter this one into a 'cutest kids' competition.
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