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Normally Miss Anna is the tough subject. Last year her Daddy had to pull out all his best monkey moves to get the tiniest smile. Yes, Pauls had to do plenty of monkey jumps but Anna’s grins made it easy. Alex wasn’t so sure about me this year, but it’s Mama that gets the best smiles from him.
Actually, big sister Lila is the toughest subject. She is a giggler and a chatter and super easy to be with. Too easy! She was working so hard to give me the smiles she thought I wanted that they ended up looking a bit forced. Combine that and her obsession with sticking her tongue through the hole in the front and you have a recipe for fakey smiles. Never fear, I have a 7 year old who likes to do the same thing so I have a lot of experience. My favorite technique is to tell my subject that ‘Smiling is not allowed!’ and then go on to say the silliest thing I can think of. Works every time!
Here are my favorites…