Sister pictures

"Mama, look, me and Madeleine are HUGGING each other!"
"Aww, how sweet. Let me take your picture!"



Guess that hug got a little too exuberant:


Wipe-out!


Speaking of sisters in a picture together, yesterday was picture day at Julia's school. I brought Madeleine along to take advantage of the "siblings welcome" offer from the photographer. The girls sat together on a bench in front of the school, and luckily the photographer knew exactly what to say to get a big smile out of Madeleine. All it took was an "Uh-oh!" to get a big grin and to at least get Julia looking at the camera. Good thing the first shot was passable, since immediately afterwards Madeleine began trying to crawl off the bench headfirst to produce her own "Uh-oh." Two kids looking at the camera, one smiling, the other looking faintly interested and amused. I'll take it. We set our bar very low these days...