Plans For Christmas

I'm being semi-bad tonight. I've been putting together my cat-hating sister's Christmas present. It is a photobook of pictures I've taken of her kids with my cats (plus a several photos without cats and several photos of just cats). It is titled "The Kittehs And Their Friends" and it is partially narrated by Plum and Sophie. I'm probably enjoying this a bit too much.

It's actually a present for her whole family. I have a lot of photos of the kids on their own, with the cats, and with human family members. I've been meaning to get prints made up for them so this seemed like a fun option. One of the kids has a birthday this weekend, so I'm hoping to get a few more photos, but most of it is set up and ready to go. It didn't take me long to put together, so I might make another one (with some alterations and no narration by cats) for my parents. I should have a good chance to get some newer photos of other relatives on Thanksgiving.

The only part that really bothers me is that I'm reminded once again that there are two members of my immediate family who aren't a part of many of my photos. They're always hiding from the camera. Sometimes I can sneak a shot and it will turn out, but it's really frustrating. One is my mom, and I really do want more photos of her. She freezes up in front of the camera and most of the time, if she doesn't have a forced smile, she's frowning. Sometimes I can catch a good photo of her, but she makes it difficult for me. I guess I need to learn to be sneakier.