Mommy started on Friday. Pictures were scheduled for Monday. And, Mommy was determined that Clara would be in the class photo. See, in the 2s Clara was scared- Emma was sick but came for picture day. In the 3s, Clara had her tubes put in. And this year, for the 4s, she was going. No matter what. Of course, she was sick on Friday and much of the weekend, but bounced back.
Step 1: Mommy knew what she wanted the kids to wear and explained that this is what they'd wear for the pictures. Okay- they agreed. Phew. Clara whined a bit because she wanted a blue dress, but she went for the purple dress and Emma wore the pink dress- similar design, different style- of course.
Step 2: Tights. Mommy told them they could choose their tights. That went over pretty well and they were happy to pick out tights that didn't match so well, but were certainly cute.
Step 3: Shoes. Mommy would have liked boots with the outfits, but didn't want to push it- so they got to pick shoes.
Step 4: Biggest Battle. See, Clara is completely obsessed with her "rainbow clip hair." She does it herself. She stands in front of the mirror for at least ten minutes, uses a big clip that belongs to Mommy and pulls her hair back and then puts in at least ten little rainbow butterfly clips around the front. Yeh, not for picture day.
Mommy bathed the kids in the morning. And they got dressed. Then the battle...
Mommy vs the Gornstein Twins
Winner? Everyone. Clara wore one blue clip (she refused the purple clip that matched her dress) and Emma wore a pink barrette. After pictures, Clara couldn't wait to do her hair and enjoyed taking the bag of clips that Mommy left with her teachers to do her hair.
Mommy was told that they both looked cute in the pics - can't wait to see them!
