School Picturer Takers: YOU SUCK!!

To all the picture takers who tromp into schools everyday - making sure my kid doesn't have boogers hanging out of his nose for his picture, making sure he doesn't color one of his teeth black so that I can tell the twins pictures apart, LETTING ME KNOW YOUR GOING TO INCLUDE EVERYTHING FROM THE TOP OF THEIR HEADS TO THE TIPS OF THEIR TOES IN THE FRAME - I HATE YOU!! Yeah, I would have appreciated knowing that you were taking a full body shot of my little princes! Maybe then I wouldn't have been so lax about letting them wear their open toed Power Ranger and Beach hoppin sandals with jeans, a button down long-sleeve shirt, tie and a VEST!! They look ridiculous!! Yeah, they looked a little silly goin' out the door that morning, but hey - I had a T-shirt for them to change into after they got their bust shot taken!! Who is in the wrong now??

OH YEAH, and thanks for making them smile so darn cute, even if they do look silly in their get-up! Yeah, the photographer knows I am a sucker - two poses of each of them AND two poses of them posing together!! You can't pass on a photo that will leave your entire family arguing for years over who is who in that photo! Their teachers already argued about it because Divon's little birthmark disappeared (in response to the bright light, I guess). Shoot, I even had to take a second look. (GET THIS!! - Daddy tells everyone that they are not identical - listen, Divon will still tell me that he is Zephan - AND HE MEANS IT!) Not too widely known fact about twins: just because they have separate sacks doesn't mean they are fraternal. If the egg split within the first 72 hours after fertilization - YOU GUESSED IT - you can have two embryos swimmin' around in their own, private pool!! Two sacks, Two babies, IDENTICAL TWINS. When this happens though, you won't know 'for sure' if they are identical or just really similar fraternal twins unless you have a DNA test performed. Well, there is your biology lesson for the day!

Once again, THANKS to all those bubble blowin', duck squeezin', "Say Cheez"in' school photographers! If no one else is able - YOU will keep our economy alive with what I am going to pay for those ridiculously cute photos!