Here’s another prompt for a Christmas scene. After taking the Christmas photo of our kids for sixteen years, I know there’s a story behind this cute photo. If you think of a behind-the-scenes story for this photo, drop it in the comments. Here’s mine.
As soon as I looked up from the viewfinder, my youngest niece Ava burst into giggles, jumping up and down.
“Let me see.” My older sister Jessica brushed me out of the way and looked at the view screen.
“Are we almost done?’ whined Olivia. “I’m cold.”
The oldest, Evelyn, had the weary expression that came from living with my sister for seven years. She knew we might be here for another hour. I gave her a sympathetic smile and she returned one.
“Is Olivia squinting?” Jessica turned to me. “I think she’s squinting in all the pictures from this last set.”
“But they’re all smiling and looking in the right direction.” I wanted to add that she couldn’t expect perfection, but I’d given up on that argument about ten years ago.
“Yes, but the squinting makes her look pained.” Jessica looked over the top of the camera. “Girls, we’ll try it one–where’s Ava?”
Evelyn and Olivia glanced around the snow covered clearing in the park, eyebrows lifted with expressions that seemed to say that not only didn’t they know where she was, but they were pretty certain they’d never heard of this Ava person before.
