She painted for two minutes. Two minutes. "All done!" she said proudly at the hardly touched matte. "But Mommy needs to take pictures!" I replied. She held her arms out. "Wash hands?" She likes to be clean, and for once, it's a deterrent.
Then ensued an hour of me trying to get her to paint and smile. There were many tactics:
"Say Cheese!"
"Show my your teeth!"
"Tickle Tickle!"
"Do you want candy?"
"Stop eating paint!"
"Do you want to play ipad?"
"Look up! Look up when you laugh."
My next door neighbors were outside and I think they thought I was really hyper and uptight.
She tried to smile, she really did, but I think she was distracted by her dirty hands and the fact that I had an expensive toy in my hand.
Finally, at the end, I got a couple strained smiles. My face hurts when I looks at these pictures because I think I will always remember how sore my face was trying to get her to be happy. Anyway, its over!
My respect goes out to kid photographers everywhere! And to moms who want their kids to do something, anything.
Yay! Happy Mother's Day.
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