Taking pictures is not my strong point. I'm constantly saying to myself,"oh the girls are so cute where's my camera" or "that is so funny I wish I had my camera". I don't know why its so difficult for me. But last night I started to feel a little better. I came to the conclusion that taking pictures is bad for my childrens health and well being.
You see I planned to take pictures Easter Sunday in their pretty Easter dresses but, Bethany and Claira both got sick on Easter. Claira was so feverish she didn't stay in her dress long enough for us to get any pictures. Luckily we managed to get pics a few weeks later. Last night Jared chaperoned prom. Before he left he asked if I could take a picture of the girls in their PJs (he had a PJ related blog post and wanted to have a picture). No big deal the girls' hair still looked cute from the day and I was putting them in their PJs anyway. Well he left and I found some cute coordinating PJs for the picture. Bethany got in hers just fine. After I got Claira undressed she wanted to go potty. She loves sitting on the toilet, but she doesn't have the hang of it. Anyway, I got her in her PJs and then left the bathroom to get the camera. It wasn't in my bag because Jared took it canooing. I looked in the container he used to keep it dry and it wasn't there either. I passed the bathroom looking in a different spot and the girls were still in the bathroom playing (a no-no in our house) and I yelled for them to get out. Still no camera I passed the bathroom looking in a different spot. My family knows I get a "little" frustrated when I can't find something. "Claira get out of the bathroom, do you need a time out!" I was searching the kitchen wondering what in the world Jared had done with the camera(had someone stolen it*), he just had it that afternoon! Suddenly, I heard a BIG crash and a startling scream. CLAIRA. She knocked the cupboards above the toilet down on herself. The cabinet can't actually fall on her but everything IN it can. The falling cabinet knocked her off her perch on the toilet. I found her on the ground shampoo, hairties and glass all around. I scooped her up and quickly assessed. There was blood, it could have been a lot worse. Just one slice right by her eye. She was crying of coarse and every time she wiped her eye she rubbed the cut. She wouldn't let me touch it. I needed to clean it so I'm holding her down. This is not the kind of comfort she wanted. Poor thing. Clean enough. She didn't want me consoling her now though, so she just wandered through the house crying. I was following along with a cloth wiping the blood. She was finally settling down, she had already made a few laps around the house. Then she suddenly sat down grabbed her foot and started screaming again. STUPID Mommy. I knew instantly what it was. I took her to the couch quickly and striped off her clothes. Sure enough her foot was bleeding, she must have had a little piece of glass in her PJs. Why didn't I take them off her in the first place!! Why didn't Jared put the stupid camera away?!! Why didn't I just physically take her out of the bathroom so none of this would've evn happened!!! GRRRRRRRR! On top of that I wasn't going to get the PJ picture!!!!! Well, I did eventually calm down AFTER the girls went to sleep, but it required a LARGE glass of chocolate milk.
Sooooo I'll try and get a picture of Claira's eye for you, but I'm a little gunshy, Bethany might end up cutting off her hair before the flash goes off.
P.S. Claira is doing just fine. Thank goodness.
*for my sisters' benefit

Easter Pictures

Daddy with his beautiful girls.



pretty Easter dresses

waiting

Auntie Sarah painted the girls' faces while they waited for Claira to wake up from her nap

Lets go find some eggs!

Bethany was a skilled egg hunter this year

Claira looked so cute carrying her Easter basket around.

Claira had a blast finding Easter eggs

There were bunnies all over the yard that had escaped from the neighbor's house. Uncle Tyler is holding one of the Easter bunnies in this picture after the hunt


There's CANDY in the eggs!?