Emotions In The Loo

I love this photo for the conflicting emotions captured. And the fact that it is shot in the toilet. I guess when you become a mum, you seize every opportunity to capture defining moments regardless of locale. 

And this photo aptly depicts the stage each child is at. E loves smiling for the camera and is very eager to pose for photos. He used to have this forced smile, a weird-looking grin when he was younger. He didn't really care for taking photos because that meant he had to sit still and sitting still when he was younger was a big deal to him! Now, he will be the one telling me where and when he wants to have a photo taken.

Baby C has her moods when it comes to photo-taking. It's not easy to get her to smile for photos unless it's a candid shot. When you ask her to smile, she'll simply tilt her head sideways - that's her smiling pose. The above shot was obviously taken when she was not in the mood. She didn't want to sit on the ledge, wanting to run around the toilet instead.

She'll turn 2 in four months time and she's getting more assertive and aggressive (just ask E about the hair-pulling and biting incidents). She just learned to say "no" and is using the word with relish. So here she was, very upset about being told to sit still while I took the photo.

I didn't manage to get 2 smiling faces, but it's a photo which will warm my heart; each time I look at it.

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