Behind The Awkwardness
Pumpkin Pi
“These are my 3 sons. The oldest on the left is wearing his robe backwards like a Snuggie, Caden sitting below seems oblivious that a camera is near and decided this was the day he’d style his hair like a 65 year old man from the 60’s. Mason on the left doesn’t seem to mind that the palm branches are caressing his locks. For the last 10 years, I’ve always carved a pumpkin for the boys. My oldest named it “Boo Zoo Elf” when he was 5 and thus we’ve stuck with Boo-Zoo Elf 2, 3, 4,….. Boo-Zoo Elf 10 appears in a few days.”
(submitted by Doug)
Squeezebox
“This picture was taken in a photo booth that was quite small. We all tried our best to fit..well…this was the end result!! It has been one of our most treasured family portraits for years!!”
(submitted by Charlene)
Sweet Dreams
“My kids thought it would be fun to draw on my face while I was sleeping. Thank God it wasn’t permanent marker!”
(submitted by Jan)
Sister Act
“I caught this photo just as my oldest daughter gave an extremely forced, bared-teeth smile, and just before she almost dropped her new baby sister. Whom she loves very much, really.”
(submitted by Marc)
Chop Chop
“I have no idea why my sweet mawmaw is yielding that axe with such mirth, or why my granddaddy is dressed like a lumberjack…but there you go.”
(submitted by Brandy)
Le Resistance
“I’m a photographer and was taking pictures for a beautiful family, but their littlest member was not a fan. Multiple times, he told me no as I asked him to smile and in this picture he just refused to even sit with his family. What we ended up with is a gorgeous family portrait with little Jack admiring from afar likely telling me no in protest of our photo shoot.”
(submitted by Coral)
In the Dog House
“This was for a school contest my sister was competing in. The prompt was “what if…” and she thought it would be fun to reverse the role of dog and master. I remember needing to pee so badly in that kennel.”
(submitted by Caroline)
Mummified
“My dad was a history enthusiast. My mom a nurse. On a dark and stormy night they joined together and this is what happened.”
(submitted by Caroline)
Picture Day
“For some reason I wasn’t okay with having my picture taken. I struggled to get away from the photographer, even turning my butt to the camera for the class photo. This is me having lost the battle.”
(submitted by Michal)
Michal today without the cry-face.
Little House On The Prairie
“Growing up our house was in the country next to an old farm. The original “pump house” or well was in our back yard. My parents thought it would be great to dress in colonial attire and pose in front of the “pump house”. Since it was 1976 my mom had sewn costumes for the bicentennial parade that were riding in and there you go…….the “colonial family” picture. I didn’t know that they had schnauzers and cocker spaniels during that time.”
(submitted by Susan)
