An impromptu photo shoot

I took the 3 big girls yesterday for their summer haircuts.  I realized as I typed that, that it sounded like a thought out and deliberately planned thing.  You know, like, we get winter haircuts, summer haircuts- a regularly scheduled thing.  Umm.  Not.  I am not that mom.  No, these haircuts were the result of a certain daughter realizing, with horror, that she had awful split ends which prompted me to realize that it had likely been somewhere close to a year since I'd cut any of their hair.  Go ahead and judge...  I likely deserve it.  Ooh, and I just typed something else that might have been misleading.  To clarify, I, me, myself do absolutely NOT cut their hair.  Again, I am not that mom.  There is absolutely nothing wrong with that mom.  As a matter of fact, I would love for her to jet on over to my house for a week or 2 and cut hair, grow herbs and make laundry detergent from the dirt in my back yard.  I would be grateful.  But that is not me in this season.  Anyway, I don't cut hair.  I do hack at my 2 year old's bangs but I"m pretty sure that doesn't count.

ANYWAY.  Where was I?  Yes, haircuts.  Took the 3 big girls yesterday for much needed haircuts and as a result we had a little impromptu photo shoot of my beauties when we got home.  

Growing up way too fast!

The windblown look...  She loves how straight they can make her hair.  Something I tell her could be also achieved at home with the use of a little thing we call a hair dryer and brush, but we're still big fans of the air drying thing.  Not complaining..

Rocking the short locks for the summer...

Pleased as she can be...

Just a little trim, thank you very much...

She's planning to donate to Locks of Love again next time we're in the states.

And all 3 together...

And then there's little bit.  Word of explanation here.  Anabelle seems to be opposed to clothes these days.  Or at least shirts.  I can hardly blame her.  It's hot and I strip her down for naptime anyway.  For all of these reasons, the clothes battle is one I am choosing not to fight.  Yes, we dress her if we're going out and she actually seems to understand that that is required, but around the house?  Not so much...

Here she is hiding when I suggested clothes the other day...

Just hanging around...

Anyway, back to the photo shoot...  Naked Anabelle wanted in on the action too..

Anabelle has by far been my most difficult child to photograph.  She is less than interested in cooperating, and that is somewhat of an understatement.  Which means that it is rather difficult to get a shot of all 4 girls that is anywhere near normal, much less a family shot.  We have family shots scheduled for later this summer- should be interesting!

For all of those reasons, I was pretty pleased to get a somewhat normal picture of all 4 girls (even if AB is topless...)

And then, things got interesting, as they always do when I want JUST ONE normal picture!!!

Photogenic or not, they are beautiful inside and out, and I'm glad they find each other so amusing!

(well, I guess AB wasn't thinking things were too funny by this point!)