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Jenna had a fun time playing with some older kids at our Superbowl party.  Jocie is our friend that has given Jenna hand-me-downs since before she was born.  She’s 8 months older than Jenna, but Jenna’s so big that she’s now the same size as Jocie!  Jenna loved to follow Jocie around at our party and she wanted to do everything Jocie did.  We put up our retractable gate to keep Portia on the stairs and of course the girls wanted to play with her, so they kept going by the gate. Once they both sat down on the bottom step, side-by-side. It was so cute. I had to get a picture!

Let me tell you, it is not easy to take a picture of a toddler, but it is nearly impossible to get a good picture of two of them!  Keep in mind that I deleted the “bad” pictures!

Here’s how it went down.  Jocie and Jenna look super cute on the steps. Julie grabs the camera.  The girls look cute.  The camera turns on. Julie tries to quickly take a picture without them noticing.  Jenna and Jocie notice. Jocie makes her “scary” cheese face (it’s her thing right now). Jenna looks at Jocie.  Julie tries to get Jenna to look at the camera.  Jenna looks at the camera.  Jocie looks at Jenna.  Julie tries to get Jocie to look at the camera, Jenna stands up.  Jocie stands up and no one looks at the camera (except Portia, who you can see through the gate if you look closely). Jocie sits back down and looks at the camera. Jenna wanders off. Jenna comes back. Jocie wanders off.  Julie gives up and decides a collage depicting the fun of taking pictures of toddlers will be almost as cute as two adorable girls sitting by each other on the bottom step. The girls sit back down on the steps and grin at each other….