About a month ago when we took Nate for his 9 month portraits I told the new photographer “Nate definitely is first, he needs to have a nice 9 month portrait. If it is going well I want to try to get one of both kids together. If all the stars & moons line up and we can do a clothes change and you can snap one of them together in their Halloween costumes then you will be donned The Queen of all that is Perfect” She laughed and said “I’ll get em all”. I felt a mental eye roll, yeah right.
Well she did & I did give her that must deserved title. Then a few days later while I was talking to Aunt Charlotte on the phone the photographer called the house and said the store was running a Photo Contest for Halloween and could she enter the picture of Little Bo Peep and her sheep? I agreed and then didn’t really think about it again.
Last week talking to Aunt Charlotte again she asked me if I had heard anything about the contest. I said I hadn’t but wasn’t surprised. I saw some of the other contestants when I had gone to pick up our prints. There was a Land Shark that was hilarious, a Dracula that looked like he was done up by a movie studio plus other random very cute costumes.
The part that I didn’t admit to Charlotte was yes, my feelings were hurt. I put a lot of effort into getting those outfits and getting just the right look. I thought they were completely adorable and even if Land Shark was super funny my kids should have at least been in the top 5. That really was a great photo.
I spent the week since compartmentalizing those feelings. Realizing I don’t have the fortitude to be a pageant Mom. Accepting that not everyone is going to find my children as perfect as I do. Humbly admitting there was someone else who deserved it more. I got it – Lessoned learned.
As we are sitting down to dinner tonight the phone rings – They wanted to inform us Little Bo Peep & her sheep were selected for the Grand Prize. Free portraits for Christmas! Lesson still learned – but so very happy.
1 comment:
NICE!!!!! but I'm not at all surprised... they are by far some of the cutest stinkin' kids I've ever seen!!!
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