say cheese!

SJ and Bob had school pictures today.  I knew this was going to be a trying morning, so I gave the boys the option of choosing their shirts the night before.  The rule in our house is that the boys have to wear a collared shirt for pictures.  (It is really my husband's rule.  I think kids should like they look on a regular day.  This is where we differ.  He feels they look sloppy in t-shirts and he wants them to look nice.  It is very important to my husband, so I support his decision on the type of shirt they wear for pictures.)  Bob had picked out his Shawn White button down collared shirt.  SJ was very resistant to select his shirt.  I pulled out four "golf" or Polo shirts out of his closet.  When they woke up, SJ was very crabby and didn't want to wear any of the shirts I had pulled out.  My husband went into his room and was calmly helping SJ decide which one to wear.  Bob was also crabby about wearing the shirt he had selected.  He wanted to shove it in his backpack and only put it on for his picture.  I told him, "Daddy will have a fit if he sees you put that shirt in your backpack."  He shrugged me off and as I predicted my husband was not happy that Bob wasn't wearing the shirt.  I told him Bob's plan and he firmly told Bob to put on the collared shirt.  SJ came downstairs a few minutes later with his yellow Polo shirt on.  When I picked them up at school at the end of the day, I asked the boys how the pictures went.  Bob said the photographer made him smile big (which he hates he added).  SJ said, "It was great, Mom."  We will see how great these photos are when I get them in a few weeks.  I am just hoping for some kind of smile on both boys and that Bob's hair (very Justin Bieberish) isn't in his eyes.  Here's hoping!