Snap Shots and Snarkiness

So on day two of the photo shoot at The Picture People, we were told that our pictures would be ready in 15 minutes. 15 minutes turned into 2 hours. Such delays bring out the worst in us. In our impatience, we found ways to entertain each other and ourselves. After feeding and changing the babies, who are freak magnets by the way, in the store (we were so over the vinyl couches in front of Sears), watching Ryan talk to a picture of a kid he just met, cleaning Charlie’s spit-up puddle off the floor and watching Eric clean up his Big Gulp puddle off the floor, we turned to people watching. We admired the coordinating outfits of other families and the sparkly dresses of a few little girls-all with the purist of intentions and holiday well wishes. However, as our wait grew, so did our innate snarkiness. That’s when the taxidermist walked in; Dad and son in camouflage holding a deer head. Bryan found it so amazing that he photographed them surreptitiously with his cell phone, which is weird since we would pass Ted’s Taxidermy on the way to his family home, you think these things would not phase him. He’s is so urban now. I thought Camo Dad was on to 007 Bryan Bond and felt that we were priming for a fight. However, I mistook Camo Dad’s stare into space as a stare of discovery. Confrontation averted.