Most evenings I take pictures of my girls when I get home from work. I started to realize though that the backdrop is always the same: our living room, our dining room, our kitchen. If it weren’t so hot outside I’d go somewhere else and have pretty outside backgrounds but with it being 95 everyday and the heat index being well over 100, I choose to stay inside and try to be creative. Well, I told Hannah “Alright, I’m getting my camera. Be cute!” Some days she’s all “MOM! Take my picture!” Others? Well, just look.

So I begged and pleaded “Hannah PLEASE! Just be nice. Just for 3 minutes smile and be cute like you usually are!”

“FINE Mom. But only if I can do this.”

Done!

Livie is definitely more into the camera.

She sees me take it out and she immediately starts following me around. The problem is that with the lens I use she can’t be too close or else I can’t get the picture so I’m constantly running away from her and then whipping around to snap some pictures.

So it became kind of a game. She ran after me then I’d turn around and snap snap snap.

It literally cracked this girl up!

So I was all “OMG Livie you’re being so cute. Let’s make you even cuter and put a bow in your hair! Yes?”

More like no. It stayed in for a total of about 1 minute.

And that was the end of that.

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As far as The Shred is concerned, I’m almost done! Today is day 25 which means I only have 5 more days to go! Tuesday will be my last day and I’m planning on a post dedicated to my analysis of the whole month and my thoughts/feelings about it all. And of course a weight loss total (cause there has been some!) and general overall changes. So stay tuned!