Brynlie and Eden are having their pictures taken at school tomorrow, so tonight was filled with arguing over outfits \u2014 of course, neither wanted to wear what I had suggested.\u00a0It’s 40 degrees here right now and Eden threw a fit to wear a sundress and flip flops!\u00a0After an hour of fighting me about it, she finally caved and we agreed on her outfit.\u00a0Next, came Brynlie…the tough one.\u00a0She is almost 9 going on 29!\u00a0Everything that I pulled-out of the closet was too ‘babyish’ and ‘not what others wear’…so, I gave-up on arguing with her and let her pick…which she actually did a decent job choosing a lightweight sweater and jean skirt.\u00a0The only problem is that she doesn’t have any dress shoes to match due to her recent growth spurt in the foot department!\u00a0 Now, I’m digging through\u00a0the shoes trying to find something that will look half decent with her outfit.\u00a0If I didn’t have a million things going on every day and night, I would have realized before\u00a0this afternoon\u00a0that they had pictures tomorrow and we could have gone out to get her dress shoes!<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

So…after all of this arguing and chaos, I already know what these pictures are going to look like when they bring them home in a few weeks. Their hair will look like a bird was nesting in it, they will have ketchup on their face, and at least one of them will have a rearranged outfit! <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Isn’t this what school photos are all about?!? I can remember being the same<\/em> way and doing the same<\/em> thing to my mom, so it’s only natural that the process has come full-circle.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Now, I’m the mom who has a huge smile on her face when they bring those pictures home because\u00a0I ‘don’t see’ the ketchup and crazy hair.\u00a0I see\u00a0two beautiful girls beaming from ear to ear\u00a0who are\u00a0so proud and self-confident of who they are.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Brynlie and Eden are having their pictures taken at school tomorrow, so tonight was filled with arguing over outfits \u2014 of course, neither wanted to wear what I had suggested.\u00a0It’s 40 degrees here right now and Eden threw a fit to wear a sundress and flip flops!\u00a0After an hour of fighting me about it, she […] <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[49,65,66,67,68],"tags":[227,226,228,224,152,229,230,660,225,136],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"\n