Holiday Card suggestions...

[brigmaman]

How on Earth am I going to get both kiddos in this picture?!! I thought maybe I'd have Brig kiss Cadie on the cheek (and try to capture it.) Yeah, that worked well.
And...all Brig wants to do is TAKE the pictures. Not only that, he wants to take a picture of himself. Explain the impossibility to a 2 year old.
Hmm...everyone on my card list already knows what they look like- isn't that enough? :P
Any cute ideas?
Rashmi? (insert sheepish grin) Anyone?

[brigmaman]

How on Earth am I going to get both kiddos in this picture?!! I thought maybe I'd have Brig kiss Cadie on the cheek (and try to capture it.) Yeah, that worked well.
And...all Brig wants to do is TAKE the pictures. Not only that, he wants to take a picture of himself. Explain the impossibility to a 2 year old.
Hmm...everyone on my card list already knows what they look like- isn't that enough? :P
Any cute ideas?
Rashmi? (insert sheepish grin) Anyone?

[papal]

LOL. I can imagine that this would be nearly IMPOSSIBLE. Would BRIBES work?? What is the thing that Brig REALLY REALLY wants right now? Maybe he can get it if he kisses Cadie for the camera? I honestly don't know how to pose kids pics.. i have a tough time myself!

The other option would be to have two seperate pics of them? Also, what may not seem like a good pic to you, might actually be a great pic.. you know? Maybe a series of pics of Brig and Cadie which are not perfect.. but it would convey the difficulty of taking a picture!

Post the pics you have, I am sure there are some great ones in there! :)

[papal]

LOL. I can imagine that this would be nearly IMPOSSIBLE. Would BRIBES work?? What is the thing that Brig REALLY REALLY wants right now? Maybe he can get it if he kisses Cadie for the camera? I honestly don't know how to pose kids pics.. i have a tough time myself!

The other option would be to have two seperate pics of them? Also, what may not seem like a good pic to you, might actually be a great pic.. you know? Maybe a series of pics of Brig and Cadie which are not perfect.. but it would convey the difficulty of taking a picture!

Post the pics you have, I am sure there are some great ones in there! :)

[brigmaman]

I'd love to post some, but I haven't yet figured out how to resize them. I don't have photoshop.

[brigmaman]

I'd love to post some, but I haven't yet figured out how to resize them. I don't have photoshop.

[mudder17]

You don't need Photoshop to resize your pictures. Any photo editor will work. In fact, just for resizing, I usually use Microsoft Picture Editor, which came with my computer.

Kaya has always been fascinated with the mirror, ever since she noticed herself at around 9 weeks. Can Brig actually take a picture, or is it that he just wants to hold the camera? If he can take it, why don't you set both him and Cadie in front of a mirror and have him take the picture? In fact, you could tell him that he can use the camera if he'll sit still with Cadie in front of the mirror and then you can snap a few pics. Actually, maybe he'll be so distracted by the mirror that

Just for fun, here's a couple of pics of Kaya in front of the mirror:

http://www.windsorpeak.com/dc/user_files/17995.jpg


http://www.windsorpeak.com/dc/user_files/17996.jpg


Eileen

Mother of Beautiful Kaya, www.chemicalgraphics.com/kaya
http://www.babysfirstsite.org/newtickers/ticker/16994.birthday.png

http://www.gynosaur.com/assets/ribbons/ribbon_amber_9m.gif Breastfed 9 months and counting

[brigmaman]

Those are precious! I love the ruffles on her tush!
I think I'll try it. I'll try anything at this point.
I think all the photo editor software that came with the computer was trial period type stuff and the trial period is over. I'll investigate again.
We're taking Brig for a haircut tomorrow so I'll try again then.
Thanks!

[mudder17]

Good luck! Don't forget to show us the pictures. :)

(Oh, and the outfit was a spur-of-the-moment buy when I was in FL. It was hanging in the window of a consignment shop, apparently never worn (had the original tags), and they wanted a whopping $3 for it.)

Eileen

Mother of Beautiful Kaya, www.chemicalgraphics.com/kaya
http://www.babysfirstsite.org/newtickers/ticker/16994.birthday.png

http://www.gynosaur.com/assets/ribbons/ribbon_amber_9m.gif Breastfed 9 months and counting

[ppshah]

Last year, SIL put both both her kids into a Radio Flyer wagon and took a picture of them laughing together. At least they were contained and couldn't run off! Good luck!

Purvi

[starrynight]

Eileen, those are great pics of Kayla and it's a good idea!!

Trish, good luck, I had a heck of a time last year. What I did was put all 3 of the kids next to the christmas tree and put the boppy under the tree skirt and layed Eliza on that so you couldn't see the boppy really at all but she was propped up enough and put the other two kids on either side of her. Could you try that?