Atoundra & Boys

In the pre-school parking lot last fall, Atoundra and I chatted about how we were done having kids. Two was enough for us we agreed. By November we were both pregnant with our third.  So it goes.

Atoundra wanted to surprise her husband with pictures of her boys and her bump for Father’s Day. On the day of the shoot, she wasn’t feeling the camera. She wanted pictures of just the boys. I begged her to let us turn the camera on her. She called me a few names but I got my way, thankfully.

I haven’t met many people who ask as many questions with as much genuine interest as Atoundra. She makes everyone feel fascinating and hilarious because she really is fascinated and really thinks you are hilarious. All of you. I love that about her. That and her smile.

While she got herself gussied up, we took pictures of her eldest boy, T. He suffered through the mosquitoes and our endless questions without a complaint.

Meanwhile, little brother, D, was hamming it up with my boys. It’s not easy to drag a kid away from his friends for family pictures. Even someone with as much showmanship as this one. That’s okay because attitude is awful cute. Especially in a picture.

When Atoundra was camera ready the boys were pretty much done with the camera. If my own boys hadn’t been their to entice D away with sword battles and chase we would have had an entirely different set of pictures. Lesson learned.

Funny, nevertheless.