The Elusive Christmas Pic

We tried.  And tried.  And then tried some more.  Despite our hot pursuit, the perfect Christmas picture with our children by the tree has again eluded us.  The set up was gorgeous–my husband got out the blinding spotlight, we got the Christmas outfits on, and we shoved both children under the tree (this was our creative design to hide our son’s cast this year).  After about 116 takes in which we definitively verified that it is impossible to get two children to look at the camera at the same time, my daughter puked all over herself and the floor.  After we got her cleaned up, my son started to smear brown goo all over his face and clothing.  This looked suspiciously like poop, but actually resulted from the candy I bribed him with to stay under the tree (I know, serious parenting skills in action here).  At this point, Mommy yelled “Oh screw it!” and stomped off.  So please view our annual pic with extreme grace.  In fact, it may be best to just squint your eyes shut and creatively picture a happy family scene in your mind…

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Meredith

Meredith blogs at The Mom of the Year, where she dedicatedly earns her title one epic parenting fail at a time, offering quick, relatable laughs for fellow parents and all their empathizers. She has been part of several best-selling anthologies, featured on prominent sites such as Huffington Post, In the Powder Room and BlogHer, and loves her role as the Executive VP/Operations Manager of The BlogU Conference. When she's not breaking up fights over Legos and juice boxes, she remains fully committed to sharing a less serious look at the world of parenting.

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