picture day photos

Bob and SJ brought home their school pictures yesterday.  Bob wanted to know if he could get them retaken.  I looked at his carefully.  He had a nice smile and he was looking at the camera.  (His hair is not my favorite, but it was as good as it was going to look without getting a haircut!)  I told him his picture was fine and he didn't need to have it retaken.  SJ's picture was questionable.  He was looking off to the side (very common with kids on the spectrum) and his glasses had slid down on his face.  However, the big problem was that the picture seemed a little out of focus.  I wanted to get mad at the photographer, but I know how SJ is.  He probably was having a very difficult time sitting still.  The lights and the flash bother him.  I am not sure how many shots they took to get this photo as the end result.  My husband was out of town for the day, so I waited for him to see them this morning.  He had the same opinion that I did.  We started discussing if SJ should have it retaken.  SJ was absolutely against getting it retaken.  He kept saying "It's fine, Mom. It's fine."  When you decide to have the pictures retaken, you have to return the originals.  My big concern was that there is no guarantee that the next picture would be any better.  He agreed, so we are going to keep the original pictures.  After all, they are just school pictures.  Hopefully, he won't be too upset with this decision in future years, but we all have a picture of ourselves like this.  Maybe next year he will be a little stiller when he has it taken!