Good Ole American Way

Boy it's hard to get kids to sit still for passport photos... I mean I thought babies were hard to pose, but throw in the grumps, constant thumb sucking, frowning, looking everywhere but the camera and point blank refusing to go anywhere near the photographers chair, and it's nigh on impossible!!  Give me a six week old with floppy head any day.

Okay don't, the results weren't that good, though the blood pressure certainly remained lower!

These results, surprisingly, weren't half bad.  Tiger's was a single perfectly timed shot by the photographer as she was balancing on a chair to get the height, but determined not to take her thumb out her mouth or acknowledge the camera in any way.  Even a chocolate bribe only kept her thumb out and her eyes looking up for about two seconds, and then she was chewing.  While getting Toots anywhere near the camera was just a nightmare.  Eventually she sat on my shoulders and briefly glanced up.  And I guess the result is a pretty good reflection of how she really does look half the grumpy toddler time!

Apparently the US Embassy need photos that are less than six months old to process your Visa, so I had to get mine done again too.  The hoops you have to jump through, or rather the number and detail of forms you have to fill in to get a Visa, is just ridiculous.  And the cost!?!!?!  I did find out, however, that by selecting 'homemaker' you totally bypass the education and qualification pages of the form, even though being three and almost two requires you to include the schools you currently and previously attended.

  

Anyway, Visa interview is on Thursday down in London, so assuming the mug shots are accepted (big changes in one, three and five years eh?) we'll let you know how we get on.