Hoard Drive

Promise you won't judge me? Promise? Okay. This morning I told Poppy that if she let me snap a few quick photos, I would give her two M&M's. She agreed. I took my pictures. She had two or six M&M's on the way to school. We were both happy. No harm, no foul, right? Good. Here's my issue...I have a really hard time deleting photos unless they are really terrible. Or of me:) For example:

This one is underexposed and not sharp enough, but I think it's a sweet picture of big sister reading to little sister. I can't bear to delete it:

I can't delete this because I just love the pained expression on her face. I know there will be one taken just like this when she is thirteen and we are on family vacation- it'll be so nice to compare won't it?: 

This one I really like. No tough decision here. I love the big bright blue eyed expression:

This isn't my favorite composition, but again, love the expression and her little head in her hands. It's another keeper:

This one is obviously over-exposed, but I can't delete it because every time I look at it in the future, I will be taken right back to when Poppy was 3 and 1/2 years old:)

Not the best expression (I can see the annoyance if you can't), but the hands and the chin. Just can't delete it:

This one isn't going anywhere. It's my favorite of all of them:

Love the childish eye-pulling. It's staying:

Love the pursed lips. Staying:

Thought about deleting it but it is so representative of this anti-pose-for-picture stage. I have many like this but it's still a keeper:

Outside now. This was just a test shot but I love the focus on her little hand and the eyelashes:

Large head, little neck and shoulders, hair pulled back, silliness. Staying:

SO Poppy:

And the reason I grabbed my camera to begin with:

So just imagine about this many pictures a day x 2 (can't forget about Chloe) x 365 x 18 or if I have my way 35. Something's got to give. What is a mom to do? I can't be the only one with this dilemma!