Conservation of Good Portraits

A while back, I posted a set of conservation laws for parents that still seem to hold true, especially when it comes to good behavior and good eating.  Doug thinks that these "laws" are self-prophesizing, because I keep saying them out loud.  Now I have a new one to add, conservation of good portraits.  If one child has a good portrait, the other won't.  Here are the specimens:



This is Dova's first great portrait.  She actually looks as cute as she does in real life, complete with a mischievous smile. In previous years, she looked:


scared,                 sort of smiling (this is good compared to goofy below),


and bored.



Adam usually has a pretty good portrait, but this fake smile is too much like a grimace.  Unfortunately, we will be on vacation when retakes are scheduled, so we'll have to live with this one.  In previous years, he looked:


Cute,                                laughing,


goofy,           and OK except that someone combed his hair straight down.

I thought their sibling portrait this year came out well, but Doug thinks it looks weird because Dova's head looks so much bigger than Adam's.



Since I've posted all of their other school portraits, I'll have to post these other great sibling shots from previous years for completeness:



One thing is for sure, I'll never tire of looking at their portraits!