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I Hate Picture Day

The boys received the dreaded picture notice the other day. First of all who wants to pay 50 dollars for a picture that they can't control. I know that is some of the "beauty" of school picture day but come one. So I have decided that it isn't worth it and I will just go to Penneys for a picture. But then I remember that they use this picture for various school things like yearbook and student card(It seems crazy to me that they have both these things in Elementary but whatever the schools have lots of money to burn right?) So I decided to choose my battles and not tell the kids what they could wear only that I must comb their hair. Jacob and Thomas's hair is getting kind of long right now and to top it off last night was bath night so their hair dried in a mess while they slept. So I pull out the comb and mousse and get to work on Tom's hair. By the time that I finished I had made him "too handsome" and he was embarrassed to go to school. So he messed it back up and proceeded to run from me. IF I was a better mom I would have probably laughed and said that he would just take his pictures like that. But I am not so I redid his hair and Dad gave him a talking to and everyone went to school mad. I think that when he comes home we will go back to the shave the head method and my life will be easier. But then hair cuts are just another battle with Tom and to top it off so is washing his hair. He pretty much holds my hand until the bubbles are gone from his head. Maybe he has some suppressed psychological feelings that he will loose all his hair and be bald some day so he just doesn't want his hair to be messed with.
At least Jacob didn't put up a fight though he also detests getting his hair done. He wrote at school in a "Who Am I" essay that "my hair is untidy." I think he likes to believe he is Harry Potter.

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Tom and Jen Loveland Family said…
I hate picture day, too. And oh well. Someday our kids will look back and laugh. I hope that I can do the same. :)
Thursday, August 27, 2009
Jamie said…
One pic day my sister threw a fit b/c my mom made us wear dresses, so she snuck some shorts underneath and when she got to school, she tucked in her dress-- that was a school picture worth hanging on to!! (and a story for the ages)! Thanks for sharing yours:)
Wednesday, September 09, 2009
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