by This Sunday, I’m going FULL 80’s mom and taking family photos AT THE MALL. Eric isn’t thrilled, Charlotte is definitely not going to be thrilled, and I am READY. I know the cool thing to do now is to get a photographer and go on a fun adventure outdoors to take pictures in the leaves and shit but I don’t like to be outside when it’s cold and I don’t want to spend hundreds of dollars to have Charlotte tell me she hates pictures and for Eric to not smile. I’m paying mall prices for mall photos for minimal stress. Give me a cheesy backdrop of some Christmas scene that will match perfectly with my stress induced sweat, Eric’s pained look of misery and Charlotte’s complete lack of cooperation. Tis the season, am I right?
I need the pictures for our Christmas cards and also because I realized we haven’t taken any family pictures, like, ever. I do enjoy the holidays very much, especially with Charlotte, but I have to say sometimes I wish Christmas cards weren’t a thing. I kind of want to just send out a mass e-mail saying Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays, yada, yada. We didn’t send Christmas cards last year because my grandpa had just passed away and nobody was in the holiday spirit but now I feel like I have to send them again and I am just not feeling it. But everyone does it so I’m jumping on the bandwagon because that’s what you do. You spend money on cards and postage and send out cards that everyone will throw away on January 1. WITH MY MALL PHOTOGRAPHS. You all better keep my MALL PHOTOGRAPHS.
I have no idea what the hell Charlotte is going to wear, because as you know she vetoes every outfit I choose. She’s still wearing Halloween leggings on a daily basis and her favorite pants are MC Hammer pants with a Zebra design and I’m not sure that’s going to go with a holiday motif. I looked on Amazon for Christmas outfits for girls, and every single one is fluffy dresses or skirts and that’s just not going to happen. I saw a plain red dress in the store the other day and asked Charlotte if she wanted it for Christmas and she told me it was disgusting, and when I asked her what she wanted to wear for Christmas she told me “NOTHING” and the sad part is that is what she wants to wear. She wants to wear nothing. Maybe I’ll buy Christmas underwear and she can pose in that? Are mall photos allowed to photograph kids in their underwear? That’s probably illegal.
Sunday should be sooooo fun. FA LA LA LA LA, everyone’s crying.
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