Photo Shoot with Children.

I am somehow unable to organize a photo shoot for my family. John usually shouldn't come home until seven o'clock and it is dark by then.
so sometimes I bribe Danielle to sit on the couch with Mark.- OK I guess threaten is a more accurate term. She looked cute on Monday and so did Mark. But the photo shoot didn't go perfectly...


Mark was trying to fall asleep so he did his flailing arm and overexcited routine before falling asleep.

Danielle didn't want to look at the camera, and don't even think about smiling.

why does this look so bad- I am clearly not a professional photographer and the brown couch might have looked better than the poorly draped blanket over the brown couch.

mark isn't actually making any noise in this photo. and Danielle is trying to hug him. Why is this photo the funniest thing I've seen in a long time?

This is the best one we got- the shadow hides the tears in Danielle's eyes and seconds later Mark's hat covered his eyes.