Picture day.

Today Bryce had school pictures. 

Again. 

We didn't end up buying his fall pictures, 

so hopefully these will be good. 

This morning as I was picking out his clothes and helping him get dressed, 

I realized just how different this process is between girls and boys. 

With a boy it goes something like this... 

You make sure his hair is decent. 

Bryce's was not. 

So he got a haircut. 

(first professional hair cut)

Next you find something suitable for him to wear. 

You pick him out a shirt with a collar. 

bam. 

done.

easy.

And last, 

you talk to your little man about his picture smile. 

You explain that sometimes a less is more. 

Especially in the fake smile department. 

And then you are done. 

You send him off to school and hope for the best. 

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Sending a girl off to school for pictures goes a little something like this...

First you decide that she needs a new outfit. 

Ya, she's got a closet full of perfectly good options, 

but this is picture day.

A new outfit is a must. 

Next, you decide how to do her hair. 

Most of the time you decide it must be down. 

But then picture day rolls around and you look out the window and see this:

So you get your little girl all dolled up and send her off to school.

And then you say a quick prayer that in a few weeks when she brings home those pictures she doesn't look like one of these ladies. 

Or that her and her friends didn't get creative during recess and do something like this. 

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Just another example of how different it is raising boys and girls.