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Embarrassing, shmembarrassing
This afternoon on the way home from church we had the perfect convergence of peak autumn color, crisp clear autumn weather, and beautiful scenery (plus, as a bonus Sibelius's Finlandia was playing on the radio, a favorite). I happened to have my camera with me in the car so I pulled over for a quick photo op to document it. {I need these moments recorded for the long dreary months of January, February, March, April, and (yes, in Boston), even May. Otherwise I can't be responsible for my winter blues behavior.}
The peanut gallery was a bit reluctant.
"What?! We're in our Sunday clothes!" Yes, and don't you look nice!
"What if someone sees us?" Right...no one else ever takes pictures of fall foliage around here.
"Where will we take the picture? There's no where to sit" How about that rock wall?
In the 1.5 minutes it took me to snap 3 photos, all three begged me to hurry, paranoid that each passing car held mockers intent on pointing and laughing, and generally made me promise never to abuse them in that way again. On the bright side, they were united in their opinion that Moms can be so embarrassing.
Of course, they never ever embarrass themselves on their own...
^These photos were taken a matter of mere hours later
Maddy and Sam were digging through
the Halloween box
& found great joy in
combining several costumes
Remind me again what was so embarrassing
about sitting on a wall?
Monday, October 22, 2007 | 7 Comments 
Reader Comments (7)
Annie, how did you find me?!
And I noticed on your profile that you wrote "aspiring writer." And I knew immediately that you would be an actual writer...instead of the stream-of-consciousness blogger I am.
And I was right. Beautifully written, all of it. Please ignore my grammar erorrs and extreme verbosity.
And if our camera hadn't been stolen (see my post from 2 Sundays ago), I would have also taken pictures of my kids in the foliage (because they all had nice new Sunday clothes on). So tell your kids that all the way across the country, there is another mom as embarrassing as theirs.
wait...I just realized, from reading more, that I commented on yours like forever ago. I guess you were Englanding, instead of responding to random commenters. Whatever.
hello again and what I have missed! Loved hearing about good ol' England, the kids look beautiful (I love Maddy's dress) and where can I get some of those red pants from the music video? so great to be back!
I love the contrast of the "embarrassing fall photos" to the "let's make fools of ourselves" photos. I can't wait for the day my KIDS will be embarrassed by ME.
Good luck with that upcoming NE winter. I remember all too well those May snow storms.
Oh, I will always think of you when I think of the snow that comes in May. It's just wrong, I tell you.
I think embarrassing our kids now is kind of payback for them embarrassing us all those years in the grocery store when they were tiny and ran around, crying, and throwing tantrums. It makes me happy secretly now to embarrass them.
Isn't it a mother's job to embarass her children?! Besides, your kids are beautiful and very photogenic. What's embarassing about that?
Ha...i'm sure it was because it was "mom's idea" and not theirs. LOL