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Each month, I take a photo of the boys on the 4th of the month.
Inside because it rained all day. Hard to get this one because they were a tad tired after last night’s slumber party. (Finally went to sleep around 1, only to be up for the day by 6:30. When are they going to sleep like teenagers already?
But I had to use some hardcore emotional manipulation (and Minions on Netflix) to get them to “smile” for this picture. Whatever works.
I did take this yesterday, but I didn’t post it because I took it on my new iPhone and while I liked the smiles, I wasn’t happy with the photo quality (it was still sorta darkish outside when I took it so it’s grainy because of low light) so I was going to try to take another picture with my big camera later, but we had a birthday party and I forgot my camera and we were late to the birthday party anyway and who wants a monthly picture outside of Laser Tag?
So, month 107, just 30 days from NINE YEARS OLD.
For funsies, a collage of the previous November 4 photos:
Ziggy wandered in this time.
Also, I made them all stand still for a portrait.
Due to inclement weather, we had to take this month’s picture inside. And due to our small living room, the proportions of this picture are a bit off as well.
How did I get those smiles, you might ask? I just pulled out my old trick from when they were toddlers and yelled, “POOP!” Worked like a charm.
Also, they look a lot more alike in black and white.
The boys and I are in Los Angeles, visiting my brother, sister-in-law, and niece. We’re all loving the mild weather, and I love that Ellie made another appearance in the monthly pics.
I really wanted to use one of the pictures I took against the hedge wall they have alongside the driveway, but this is the kind of tomfoolery I had to deal with.
So. Sitting on the front porch, it is.
Yep, Linus is back to brown. And Oliver was supposed to be, but when I saw his lip quiver after I pulled the box of brown dye out, I just couldn’t do it. I gave him a boost of blue instead, but the understanding that in a few weeks, it’s back to brown. (And Linus’s is too light, I need to fix that too.)
Anyway, happy Fourth of July!
Their new friends (who sadly, went home today) are in this month’s picture. Can’t wait to go visit them one day!
Ziggy love his boys.
Some silly stats about the monthly pics so far…
I’m editing this post to add, at my friend Liz’s request, some stats about the order.
LOM: 38 times
LMO: 10 times
MOL: 22 times
MLO: 11 times
OLM: 11 times
OML: 8 times
Oliver clearly likes to be in the middle, when possible. (60%)
Linus is first 48% of the time. Miles is, 33% of the time, and Oliver just 19%Miles is rarely in the middle, just 18% of the time.
What does this all mean? Heck if I know.
When I started taking monthly pics of the boys, I didn’t know when I was going to stop. I still don’t.
It’s possible I went a little overboard this month. But I had fun, and even got the boys actually looking forward to the monthly picture, which has never happened.
Props to my friend Teresa who helped out this morning.
Onto the next hundred or two…
A cameo from Ziggy this month.
Just one more month til the big 100! What am I going to do? How am I going to make this special? Well. I have a whole month to decide. Heh.
98 months!
Getting close to the magic 100, and I’m trying to think of some way to make it special, in spite of the fact that it’s going to be a Monday morning. Hmm.
It was also pretty cold out, but Miles refused to wear a jacket, so his goofy face is probably the only thing keeping him warm.
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