Probably the most unprepared photoshoot ever

So we're having a mini photoshoot on Saturday and it's either going to be wonderful in its imperfection... or a dismal failure.

The state of affairs...

• I'm unprepared.
• I have no idea what we're wearing. We've got to wear non-busy clothes because I don't want us competing with the graffiti.
• I'm not even sure we'll be able to get all the shots I want (Newtown is under construction)
• I'm larger than I would have liked
• I have a Spanish exam later that day which I actually should be focussed on...

We've been having rainy, grey, overcast days the entire week, with even more rain predicted right up until Wednesday next week.



That is not a problem because I love the grey skies.

The problem is that there's a 66% chance of rain on Saturday..................... so it's going to be interesting.

I'm taking gumboots and rain jackets, and umbrellas for the kids.

On the bright side, if I have my way, I'll actually have GREY SKIES plus NEWTOWN. It'll be like Christmas for my photo dreams :)

And if the kids are good, I might just let them run around for a bit :)



I think we'll take Thursday and Friday with us again to see the difference three years makes. Same bears, (hopefully) some of the same locations and two, much bigger kids :)

PS these pics were taken on 12 April.

Horwoods Farm Photoshoot - my photos

To the mothers of 4-year-olds out there... go read your 4-year-old, wild and wonderful. In fact, now that I enjoyed that one so much, I'm going to get the other books every year.

Some of the reviews talk a lot about it feeling dated. I didn't even sense that at all (that may be a function of how old-fashioned I am - I call it having "traditional" values :)). I just really liked knowing what was normal for a 4-year-old.

Now when the kids are acting crazy (the definition of crazy differs about 3 times a day), I just tell D, "oh that's normal behaviour for Four". Needless to say, he's finding me particularly annoying at the moment.

Anyhow, get the book and read it! There's also a great section about toys and books for this age.

So that day we went for our photoshoot, I took pics of the kids too. I'm always amazed afterwards when there are actually some nice photos because it feels like I'm saying the same thing "LOOK AT ME!!! NO FUNNY FACES" a million times.

genuine scared face!

cute tummy peeking out and a plaster on the knee = authentic four!

again, genuine fear! See D's t-shirt :)

Do you have a favourite?

PS Mrs FF is so organised; her baby had a photoshoot at less than two weeks old (I know this is kind-of normal for a lot of you - I'm in awe since I didn't get my A into G til 4.5 months).