Monday mornings are kind of hard for us.  This morning when I woke up, I had to look at my calendar just to remember what day of the week it was.  Most Mondays we have a really hard time getting out of the house anywhere near our target time.  To be very honest, we are perpetually late no matter what day of the week it is.  Today, we were ready to go right on time.  Until the kids decided to have a photo shoot.


Both Martin and Sophie were feeling pretty good about the outfits they'd put together on their own this morning.  Martin wearing his "sport guy shirt" and Transformer flipflops.  Sophie in a sundress, pink high tops, shades, bracelets, and most shocking - pigtails (which she calls two ponies).  They did look pretty good, so I obliged.

Which is why we were late.  AGAIN.


Made even more late by their insistence that they each take a turn taking a few pictures of their own.  I wish I could figure out how Sophie took this one - a focused center and blurred and skewed edges?  I have no idea how she achieved the accidental effect.  But I do know that it only set us back nine minutes, and really, that's not too bad.