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"JD and I went to the Big K yesterday because we needed some odds and ends. When we strolled through the &amp;quot;magic doors&amp;quot; (JD is amazed by automatic doors. He yells &amp;quot;Yeah!&amp;quot; when they swoosh open) we were accosted by a woman with a clip board. People and their damn clip boards! It&amp;#x27;s not a magic flute. &amp;quot;What is your son&amp;#x27;s name? How old is he?&amp;quot; she said in a hopped-up run-on sentence. I swear my face scrunched up (but it didn&amp;#x27;t). I smiled, pushed past her and said, &amp;quot;18-months.&amp;quot; She followed us. Here we go. &amp;quot;When was the last time he had his picture professionally taken?&amp;quot; she asked. &amp;quot;We&amp;#x27;re running a special. You should really get his picture taken.&amp;quot; &amp;quot;Oh, no thanks,&amp;quot; I said, smiling. I really don&amp;#x27;t have extra money for a photo shoot right now, I thought. &amp;quot;Are you sure?&amp;quot; she asked. &amp;quot;You should! God Forbid he gets kidnapped it&amp;#x27;s important to have up-to-date photos on hand.&amp;quot; Now my face did scrunch up. What the hell kind of sales-pitch is that? And yes, I realize how important it is to have recent photos of your child (for scary reasons mothers don&amp;#x27;t want to think about EVER). I walked away...literally walked away. She was still talking...I dunno about what. But back to this whole professional photo thing: Why? Is it some kind of rule? Take child to portrait studio. Make him wear mint green sweater. And hold Easter egg. I took this last year: And I take pictures of JD every, single day. I also have two friends (Sherri--who shot the jacket photo for my book. OMG. Tear! and Claire) who are professional photographers and shoot him in a very impromptu way that literally produces the most magical pictures. Like these (thanks girls): I&amp;#x27;m just not a Sears portrait studio mom. Sue me. I also think it&amp;#x27;s just fine to eat pizza for breakfast--even when you&amp;#x27;re not hungover and there are eggs in the fridge. There are no rules for these kinds of things. It&amp;#x27;s OK. Do you take your kids for portraits? Do you take a ton of pics of your kids (fam and friends)?"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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