One of my favourite Christmas traditions is our annual photo shoot for the perfect picture. Since we know we are not that Pinterest perfect family, we never attempt for those staged family photos. Our photos usually consist of me coming up with a stupid theme and Simon reluctantly going along with it becuase he knows he has no choice. Like when Nallie was obsessed with Frozen and we did this....
And then there was the year we donned our lumberjack attire and pretended to cut down the perfect Christmas tree with Noah's toy chainsaws
Oh and during covid, we had a lot of fun staging the photoshoot with masks, Lysol and toilet paper
And sometimes its just a stupid pun that gets us through the year...
This year I really wanted to do an outdoor photo shoot. The stars aligned one Sunday and I convinced my family to wear matching ugly Christmas sweaters and hike to the top of Seymour with The Grinch. I saw The Grinch at Walmart and it was one of those non-negotiable and completely necessary purchases. I needed it for this...
My sister (aka auntie extraordinaire and photographer) was completely necessary too for the success of the photos
I really have to commend these kiddos for amusing me and not complaining about the hike to First Peak. I think by now they know that it's completely rational for our family to spend a Sunday afternoon hiking to the top of Seymour with The Grinch, that's not the craziest thing we have done by far...
And kudos to Super Dad who I think secretly enjoys these ridiculous photo shoots as much as I do
We even wrapped some fake presents and chucked them in the air just for this hilarious picture
And then we ran out of ideas and just did some improv and laughed a lot
So who knows what next year's Christmas card will bring but I hope we will continue to laugh a lot in the process and it brings you some Christmas cheer because in the words of The Grinch... "maybe Christmas doesn't come from a store...maybe Christmas, perhaps...means a little bit more"
