With about 6 months to go before our flights, which have already been booked, my husband (who shall henceforth be referred to as Beanstalk) and I have been well aware that we need to get passports organised for our boys. The main thing holding up the submission of passport application forms for them has been the lack of passport photos.
Yesterday, we all went to the post office to have their photos taken. Our older boy, Mstr 4, was fairly easy to take photos of once we got him to stand still 'like a soldier'. After about 3 photos, we had a good one of him. Our younger boy, Mstr 2, on the other hand was a nightmare to get a good photo of. We thought we had a good photo of him early on, but it just cut the bottom of his chin off. We weren't sure if it would get knocked back, so we decided to see if we could get a better photo of him.
Over the next hour, between customers, the post office lady did her best to get Mstr 2 to not move, look straight ahead, and not open his mouth. Not an easy ask of a 2 year old. Eventually, she pulled out some stickers, and Mstr 2 showed an interest in an aeroplane sticker. The post office lady stuck it onto her camera, just above the lens. Mstr 2 got upset at not being given the sticker, so she gave it to him and got him to choose another sticker. Mstr 2 chose the "wokka" (helicopter), and the post office lady stuck the "wokka" sticker to her camera.
Mstr 2 was much happier, but he kept raising his hand to point at the "wokka" and opening his mouth. There were a few times where we thought we had a good photo, only for Mstr 2 to raise his hand or open his mouth just before the photo was taken. In the end, we finally got a good photo. However, when it was printed up, it looked darker than Mstr 4's photos. I'm just hoping that they aren't too dark, because I'm not looking forward to going through the ordeal of taking the photos again.
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