Oh I just LOVE the pumpkin farm!!! It is definitely my favorite thing to do in the fall! This is our second year in a row going to Tim's pumpkin farm outside of Syracuse. I love that it is not too commercial and that we can come out of there with a trunk full of pumkins and bellies full of doughnuts and cider for under $20...that is my kind of place!
I also LOVE that you can get AMAZING pics there!!! I just love the scenery and all the fall colors...Now with this comes a lot of pressure to get the amazing pictures...and with this pressure comes a high strung momma who unfortunately sucks the fun out of the day in order to get the perfect picture...I so realize this but hey I want good pictures!!
Well it started off pretty well...the girls were cooperating with my commands (with the exception of Sophie who was starting to put up a stink) and I was still envisioning the mother of all pictures in my head (all 4 kiddos in a wheelbarrow with big perfect smiles and bright orange pumpkins littering the background...oh yeah!)...I then started to lose my flow a little...Sophie was on her last warning (for not smiling!) and we told her that we were bringing her back to the car if she didn't smile (empty threat? of course...) So after a couple warnings she then decided that she would work with me and then all three of my precious little girls flashed me a beautiful smile...I quickly focused in on my little angels and pushed the button to take the picture...it wouldn't push...so I tried again...they started to get a little inpatient and I knew I had approximately 2 seconds before the moment was lost.....so I quickly tried again...Nope...the unthinkable just happended....my camera battery died! Yep...D-E-A-D! As embaressing as it is to admit...I began to cry like a little baby!! I could not believe it!! My wheel barrow picture was becoming a distant memory...and the realization that I would not be able to take any more pics at the pumpkin farm began to sink in...
And then through the tears a a sense of releif came rushing over me and I thought, "Jeannine, you can't take any more pictures...this is a blessing!! Put your camera down and enjoy the day with your 4 amazing children and wonderful husband! I then put my camera away and became the momma I should always be!! The kind of momma that is enjoying the moment with her children rather than being so preoccupied with photographing the fabricated "perfect" moment!!! I am sure there are some mothers out there that can do both but it is not this momma!
I truly believe God sucked every last bit of power out of that battery that day so that I would have no choice but to spend the day having fun with my babies!!! THANK YOU GOD...it worked!
I truly believe God sucked every last bit of power out of that battery that day so that I would have no choice but to spend the day having fun with my babies!!! THANK YOU GOD...it worked!
Am I just crazy or can any of you camera toting mommas out there relate??
