We HAD to get out of the house today. The rain can make the day drag on... so I had the bright idea to take the kids to get their picture taken with the Easter Bunny at the mall. I was expecting to just take home a picture with Ethan because I thought Riley was going to cry and I wasn't going to buy another crying picture. (By the way... I can't believe how much they charge for one picture. Every time we go it gets more and more expensive!) Well, Riley surprised me and he actually did pretty good. So we got a cute picture with both of them.
This is last year's Easter Bunny picture. Riley was 18 months old and he wasn't too happy about sitting with the Easter Bunny. He has candy in both hands!
Then, 20 minutes after I had made the post, I remembered that I took him to the photographer that I had my maternity pictures taken by. He had a sign that said, "Have your picture taken with the REAL Easter Bunny," outside his photography studio. I thought it would be better than taking him to get his picture taken at the mall. It ended up not being what I thought it would be. When I walked in the door I was thinking, "You have got to be kidding me" and I wanted to walk right back out the door. He had the bunny on a card table. At that time, Riley was only 6 months old and he wasn't sitting up well (very dangerous!!). Plus, the backdrop consisted of the cage with fake flowers on top of it. I suggested that we go outside with the bunny and he said that he would run away.
This is the "professional" picture. It looks like Riley is ready to eat the bunny's ears.
I also had the bright idea to get their picture taken at JC Penny. I wanted to get a cute Spring picture of the boys and since they had matching shirts on, we were already at the mall, and I had Tim's help, it seemed like a good idea. Well, you know how it goes on Saturdays at Penny's... they schedule pictures every 10 minutes. Luckily, we didn't have to wait but I felt rushed since their were 2 families waiting behind us. Riley wasn't really wanting to cooperate (remember my list of things you can't "make" a toddler do?) and the photographer wasn't that great either. We tried to get Riley to hold Ethan and that wasn't going to happen. Ethan is trying to sit up on his own but he's not there yet. We tried getting some pictures of Ethan on Riley's back but Ethan was to squirmy. They worked with us for about 10 minutes. Then, I went to look at the pictures and I only had 2 pictures to choose from. That hasn't ever happened. Usually, there's about 15 pictures to choose from and I end up buying more than I had planned. This time I didn't even like the 2 I had to pick from. I left the store without spending a dime. But I wasn't that disappointed since it was planned last minute and we did get a cute Easter Bunny photo. Our friend, Katie, is going to take some family pictures of us soon and I know those will turn out beautifully!!
We ended up having a good mall trip! I got a watch and an outfit to wear to Tim's company party next weekend, Tim got some new tennis shoes, and Riley got some Dora and Boots Jibbitz for his crocs. Then we headed over to Applebee's for a very cheap and delicious dinner!!
