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I find it somewhat fascinating how many moms will apologize to me for their children’s behavior. I’m always quick to point out that, first of all — and most importantly — some of the best images are Kids Not Behaving!! And, secondly, I am in no position to accept such an apology.

As a mom myself, I am actually in the final stage of trying to let go of the apology thing, at least when there are no major offenses committed.

Especially when in The Store, I feel there is only so much I can control – so when we do shop together, I have adopted the habit of evaluating all requests and giving more weight to the better presentations. Both kids are getting really good at their requests, even in light of a less than 1% success rate. Luckily, neither one has studied complex graphing in school yet, so they are still putting great creativity into their proposals.

I also allow all public singing up to a level 5 (out of 10, fair enough for a major shopping area, I think?), and my children usually hang off the edge of the cart while belting out tunes that often aren’t: a. in harmony or b. the same song/beat/rhythm.

A recent outing…my sweet daughter expressing great emotion over a High School Musical backpack.

Our little Caleb, always one to pick up on a good trend, making his case for Lightning McQueen sneakers, which I’m embarrassed to say that we totally bought for him.

(small postscript. we lost the left shoe within 8 hours of purchase.)

Neither of these carts were ours.

And the infamous cart singing. It happens a lot.

7 responses to “shopping, singing, cajoling, shopping”

  1. Steve Lackey says:

    Oh my Gosh. I LOVE these shots. Excellent story telling by the photographer, and you can see the love in their expressions. Look out kindergarten and pre-school here come the Lackey’s!

  2. Steve Lackey says:

    Oh my Gosh. I LOVE these shots. Excellent story telling by the photographer, and you can see the love in their expressions. Look out kindergarten and pre-school here come the Lackey’s!

  3. Rachel says:

    I CANNOT stop laughing at these!! Thanks for posting such fantastic shots of your cute children.

  4. Rachel says:

    I CANNOT stop laughing at these!! Thanks for posting such fantastic shots of your cute children.

  5. Tara says:

    Very sweet… it must be wonderful being a professional photographer. Not only for the obvious but also because it’s so easy to create permanent reminders of the present.

  6. Tara says:

    Very sweet… it must be wonderful being a professional photographer. Not only for the obvious but also because it’s so easy to create permanent reminders of the present.

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