For this month’s me and mine I had originally planned to use a photo from a family photoshoot that we had planned last weekend… but with poorly children, and poorly us too in the end, we had to cancel and rearrange that :/. So instead I asked my little brother to grab a snap of the four of us at Monkey’s birthday party.
The results are amusing as Monkey was not in the mood to sit still at all so he took a little bit of restraining. Considering how poorly hubs was he looks surprisingly ok, while I look a complete mess with my hair all over the place! We were about to put LM down for her nap so it was very much impromptu and I didn’t even have time to look in the mirror lol!
So here we are, in the order they were taken.
Mummy not ready…
Monkey being restrained…
Mummy & Daddy trying to make the children smile
Mummy resorting to tickling Monkey – probably my favourite shot of the bunch!
Arguably the best pic of everyone else but the worst one of me!
And he’s off – photoshoot over lol!
I do like our growing collection of family photos sat on our snuggle chair in the living room and would love to keep taking shots like this as the children grow – but will try and get a shot taken somewhere else next time I think – just to mix things up a little!
I think these are my favourite type of photoshoots Caroline… They just capture the reality of life with littles. And oh my! Hasn’t LM grown!! Hope you’re all feeling much better now!!xx
I’m glad we have the same issues taking our photos. I was starting to worry it was just us that couldn’t get the kids to pose lol. I do love your collection this month. They tell a great story x
They are fantastic pictures, especially the tickling ones and I love the idea of having a whole series in your pretty blue chair – you could make a stop motion to watch everyone growing up!
Your tub chair pictures are great! Keep them coming!
These are such lovely photos, I much prefer the real photos rather than staged ones anyway 🙂 #MaternityMondays
These are fab – you’ve got to love a good outtake picture! These will bring a smile to your face when you look back on them x
Ha ha they’re awesome pics – loved that you had to resort to tickles 🙂 we do the same! Hope you’re all feeling better. Mim x #maternitymondays
Taking photos of children is so hard! Love the tickling one, you all look so happy.
These are such lovely photos! I love that they are so natural and they capture your family perfectly! I hope you’re all feeling better, and I look forward to seeing next month’s photos 🙂 xx
I love photos like this, so natural and everyone looks so happy! That chair also looks super comfy haha xx
Aww I love these, so natural and happy. Reminds me of our home for sure xxx beautiful blues everywhere too #meandmine
I love the photos on the chair. It will be lovely to see you all as the children get older especially still sitting on your knees at 15 🙂
I hope you get the professional one done soon but I do like these ones xx
Haha brilliant, I would love a family photo but Alfie always has other ideas and last for around 2 seconds before running off!
Helen – #maternitymondays
Well done for persevering! I can never get all mine to smile at the right moment either #maternityMondays
Brilliant! Before I even read the caption I knew you were all tickling to try and get smiles! #maternitymondays
It is always ‘fun’ trying to get children to have their picture taken, someone is always not playing ball. Now that we have 3 I fear all our family snaps will have someone looking away! #maternitymondays
These are so sweet and natural. Someone else commenting (carie) said you could make a stop motion animation of you all growing up in the big blue chair. I love that idea. #maternitymondays