Little model

A couple of weeks ago at church, Lucy walked in and held out her hand to the greeter. With her usual gusto she announced her name and age, accompanied by a huge smile. The next week, the lady she had greeted told us that she was just in love with Lucy’s sweet smile and outgoing personality and was hoping to photograph Lucy to use her in one of her Christmas/winter promo pieces. She is a photographer and has a studio in her home. We agreed, knowing that Lucy would absolutely have a blast playing dress up.

Lucy and I arrived, greeted by a couple of giant (and adorable) labradoodles. Lucy examined all the lights and the backdrops and the various props/costumes hanging around while we got her into the first outfit. She was a little angel with wings, a halo in some of the shots, and a long flow-y “princess” gown. She loved every minute of it. She was able to try on three more outfits (a Christmas dress we brought with us, a red satin tutu and white ruffly shirt/pants, and a longer tutu with the same shirt/pants) as well as pose with a (fake) reindeer and a Christmas tree.

Very funny moment during the shots with the reindeer: Lucy, examining the reindeer and holding it’s reigns, exclaimed “Look, Mommy! I found his rump!” That one needs some explanation. That same day, we had read the book “Little Blue Truck” (which I highly recommend and very much reminds me of Cameroon!). It has a line in it that says “And they all lined up from head to head and rump to rump.” So they had learned the word rump and she was very excited to use it :) Anyways, I’m not sure who had more fun, me or Lucy, but we were really thankful for the opportunity to play dress up!