Christmas Card Photo Hell

I got a bug up my ass the other day that we needed to take a good Christmas card picture. I had a great idea to do one with us wearing Snuggies, complete with Mitch in a Snuggie for Dogs, on some bleachers cheering.

But that was too much work, and would require me buying two more Snuggies. Plus, Matt doesn't have a lot of patience for a Christmas card photo session.

So I searched online for ideas. It did not go well.

First, there were the little angels.

Now, we did share some laughs picturing ourselves dressed as angels, with a swaddled dog in a manger. But we don't have angel costumes or a manger, and we didn't think Mitch would be wild about being swaddled.

Then there was the "us surrounded by Christmas icons" picture. I thought this was pretty fun, but I don't have Photoshop, so it was a no go.

I REALLY liked this idea, but we don't have any human children.

And this one was just a little too punny. Plus, it'd be hard to fit either Mitch or Matt into one of my mixing bowls.

And so I sat us down in the house for a little photo session, but it was a bust. It ended with me getting frustrated, determined to buy a new camera, new face, and new body. I pouted on the couch for an hour afterward.

So today I turned to my #1 photo subject, Mitch. And while he was "less than enthusiastic" (that's how Cassie described their cat's reaction to the new puppy, and I thought it was hilarious) about it, he cooperated more than his father does.

Of course, I think this is the "stink eye" to which Juno referred.

And he was bored.

He gave me much more to work with.

Yeah, and I took Christ out of Christmas and replaced it with Mitch. Take that, Baptist school!