by Deidra Romero posted in Parenting

Alright. It's that time of year again.
No?not time for Christmas shopping and baking cookies. Time to take those photos for your Christmas cards that you'll send out to everyone who really matters in your life. It may be the one time each year you actually put something in an envelope and mail it, so let's make it count.
I've broken it down for all you parents out there too tired to even care.
Here's your step-by-step game plan.
1. Peruse Instagram for 4.5 hours searching for the right family photographer.

2. Message said photographer.

3. Locate a tiny sliver of time on your calendar for a photo session.

4. Forget to tell your spouse you scheduled said photo session.

5. Remember that you forgot to tell your significant other and discreetly place photo shoot on family calendar.
6. Casually hint about upcoming photo shoot over dinner and pretend that you have all known all along.

7. Browse your kids closet to locate the perfect coordinating outfits.

8. Look at your own closet and realize you have nothing that looks half as nice as what they have and you'll need to find something to wear.
9. Spend 30 minutes looking for a sweater on Amazon.

10. Decide it's the wrong color and head to the mall.

11. Dart into H&M quickly and buy 3 sweaters without even trying them on (because let's get real, you can just return them if they suck.)

12. Realize you have four conflicting events on the day of your photo shoot.

13. Make some calls...