school pictures

I got the proofs back for the kids' fall school photos.  Here, they do pictures in both the fall and spring.  The fall ones are the classic school head shots that get used in the yearbook.  In the spring, they take casual photos with a patterned background of some sort.  They also take a big group shot of the class in the spring. 

So, as is tradition, I will purchase a package of each child's 1st Grade photo.  I am not, however, buying the one of them together.  With twins, they take one together, but they do not do that for other siblings who they would have to hunt down to be in the same shot.  The smiles are better than last years' pictures, but still not very natural.

Now, these are natural smiles! (and new haircuts)