spin off from another post. How many include their skids in their christmas pics? and why or why not?

I'm just curious. I'll start, I do include my skids in fact last year the oldest had a great idea for a pose which was for my and dh to kiss under the mistletoe and them to make a face like I can't believe they are doing this, my parents are kissing! It was very cute and we used that pic to send out and everyone loved it. Also we ended up having to renegotiate when we have them b/c bm wanted them for something and we already had an appt. so we juggled around so they could be with her for her thing and with us for the pics. I have never had a problem with the boys not wanting to in the pic or had a problem with them making it a bad experience. I'm lucky I guess. Don't get me wrong we have had our fair share of crap especially with the oldest. I'm so lucky that my dh sees it and doesn't allow ss15 to get away with crap.

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I make it very easy. I quit

I make it very easy. I quit sending cards. }:)

I love it, My little dog is

I love it, My little dog is sick she has a skin thing that I've been trying to clear up. She is allergic to the dyes in food. She has no hair. Can't use her. LOL

Yes I'm well. My skids really are good kids right now and have good grades. SS13 just won a trip around the USA and to the capital from an essay he wrote. I'm really proud of them in that aspect. I can say that bm makes sure they do good in school and is very on top of that. She is a very good mom to them for the most part. The only complaint I have is that she treats them like they are 2 and treats ss15 like he is a king and wonders why he acts like he is her partner. There is more to this but for the sake of this I'll leave it here.

I'm not including them. If I

I'm not including them. If I did, then I would have to explain to everyone other than immediate family who they were. I guess I could go with foreign exchange students.

This cracks me up!!!!

I do both. When it is a

I do both. When it is a family pic then it is everyone cause we are all family. but when I do just the kids I do 3 poses, one of all 4, then one of our two, one of his two. I get copies for all sides so BM and her mom get one of their kids, my mom and family get one of the 4 and just my two.

I never give bm a pic!!! She

I never give bm a pic!!! She never gives dh any pics. That is one reason we do family pics and I get a pic of each kid.

Before DH and I had any kids

Before DH and I had any kids together, our holiday pictures always included SS. Some were formal portraits from a studio while other years we just snapped a pic with our camera.

When I had my first baby 4 years ago, he took center stage and no one else was in the picture that year. We were also having troubles with SS at the time so I didn't feel bad about excluding him.

By the next year, SS had come to live with us so he was back in the family Christmas photo.

The following year we had baby #2 and SS had moved back with BM so we went back to just babies in the pic.

Last year DH requested that we include SS in the family picture since this would be his last appearance as a child.

This year, DH has suggested getting a formal portrait without SS18. I agree.