School Pictures

A few weeks ago we got a notice that it was time for school pictures at daycare. At one time I thought that having "school pictures" at daycare was so ridiculous and basically just an excuse for the large picture company to weasel money out of parents at an even earlier age. I still feel like that's the case, but now I'm one of those suckers!

We got the girls dressed up in their cute outfits and also asked that they pose the girls together for a couple of shots. Later that day I heard about the actual photo "session" and was cracking up. Basically, Hayden didn't want to pose for a picture - at all. Not even a little bit. One of her teachers was eventually able to bribe her with candy and after a little tantrum and some crying the pictures were taken. I could picture the entire scene in my head as the teacher told me the story.

A couple of days ago we got our pictures and they are even better than I expected. I seriously love everything about these pictures.

I love Hayden's pose in this picture. Classic, posed, school picture.




















I love Hayden's CRAZY HAIR in this picture.




















That face!! I love it!




















I love Anabelle's gigantic cheeks in this picture. And I love that they captured her not smiling. I actually didn't even think that was possible, considering she's the happiest and most laid back baby in the universe. Seriously.




















There's the smile!! I just want to eat her up.
















The thing I love the most about this picture is the size of Anabelle's enormous head. It's as big as Hayden's. Maybe bigger. Look at the size of that noggin! I guess my girls have big heads for all of those BRAINS in there!




















My favorite picture of the girls. I love Hayden's fake smile. I love that Hayden is lovingly squeezing Anabelle's head to her head. I love that Anabelle is so relaxed and is just going with it.
















I guess school pictures were a success. Now excuse me - I need to go and place my order for 14 wallet sized pictures, 10 4x6s, 20 5x7s, 12 8x10s, and 3 posters. Just kidding...kind of.