Cute in Pigtails { Minnesota Childrens Photographer }

On Sunday I was able to bribe my daughter (Mya) into doing a mini-session. I promised to keep it short and treat her to a mini-blizzard from DQ. When she said "sure", I said - "I mean today". She said, "OK". So I rushed to the closet to find any dress that would fit and figured we would go with traditional pigtails for the hair. She had only one demand and that was that her older brother come along to make her laugh. Of course he gets a great deal out of this situation. He gets into the car and says: "This is great, I'll get to have ice cream and I don't even have to take pictures." Hmm, are you beginning to see what I'm usually up against? We get to the park and I shoot a few shots and then we wonder into a tall grass area. I get my daughter to go into this area for a few shots, then all of a sudden:

My son says: Mom, a snake!
Mya: (shrieks and yells)
Me: What? OMG, don't let it get in my purse -- Mya, hurry squat and smile! (snap,snap,snap).
Mya: Mommmm, hurry!
My son: Mom, mom he's going by your purse. Hurry! Mom let's get out of here. Ok mom, he went under your purse. But let's get out of here!
Me: Grab my purse! OMG, let's get out of here!

So we ran out of the tall grass and took a breather and laughed our heads off. The kids thought it was funny and certainly earned the ice cream treat in the end. And, the pictures turned out great! The last photo is her nervous look. :-)
(Oh, and it was a small garden snake. eek!)