A Barely-There-Snow Inspired Shoot with My Kiddos {Franklin, TN Lifestyle Photographer}

It snowed last night. And by “snowed,” I mean “barely dusted a damn thing,” but my 5 year old looked out the window and saw a winter wonderland ripe for the sledding. And good God she would not stop begging me to get out our highlighter-ugly plastic sled and pull her around in it! haha! So I finally said I would.

We went outside, I dragged her across our grass for a few minutes and then promptly declared I was freezing and that I would gladly play, but it would have to be INdoors. Now, she’s an outdoor girl, so she took her snow-booted self, all wrapped up in coat and mittens and trapsed from house to house, finding nary a single friend either home at all or who wanted to play in the freezing cold.

Her older sister and I sat at the front door and spied. We watched her hopefulness wane down to sadness as her head drooped a little lower after walking away from each house. So, really, we had no choice but to go play with her. She was THRILLED, obviously, especially at the fact that her SISTER was coming to play, too. The sister whose auto-responder to any incoming message is NO.

My little one ran inside, grabbed her teddy bear and took him “sledding” while the big one and I got all bundled up. When we walked around to the front of the house, there was Holland and Teddy (who is a girl, btw) - Teddy in the sled and Holland happily jumping in snow-speckled grass and doing her best to make snow angels, but only succeeding in flattening said grass.

So, what does a mom do? TAKE PHOTOS! YES! LOTS OF PICTURES OF THEM PLAYING IN THE SNOW! While I don’t take EVERY opportunity to turn our normal activities into a photoshoot, I obviously have a love with lifestyle shots, and it was a fun way to get some photos of our new house, too. it was delightful to see them playing together, to see my oldest (8) laughing and smiling and enjoying herself with her little sister. It turned out to be a fantastic morning for all three of us.

girl walking down driveway
big sister pulling little sister in snow
girl in pink hat and blue coat pulls sled
girl lies down on sled in purple coat
close up of 8 year old in pink winter hat
pretty girl in winter hat and coat in front of house
little girl puts her teddy bear on her sled
teddy bear ready for a sleigh ride
big sister pulls sled in front of house
little sister pulls big sister on sled
little sister runs around big sister on sled
black and white image of sisters playing on sled in front of home
girl laughs while being pulled on sled
photos from behind of big sister being pulled on sled
little sister pulls big sister on sled down the street
sisters playing in winter
sisters sitting on sled together while one gives a pouty face
little girl holds her teddy on her sled
sisters smile together
sisters smile on sled
sisters on sled while one sister makes a goofy face
girl in purple coat gets pulled on neon colored sled
little sister in purple coat and big sister in grey coat
sisters stand next to each other and face away wearing coats
little sister toothy grin with USC hat


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