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Eating McDonald's early in the morning was pretty heavy, so we decided to take it slow.
"Honey, I think I saw a photo print shop over there."
As we walked, Penelope tugged on my shirt and pointed to the store a few feet away from us. The shop had a sign that said they took pictures and printed them.
"What do you think? Let's take a picture." She smiled.
I was not sure if Penelope had read my mind earlier or if it was just a coincidence. But I gladly agreed. After all, I want to take pictures too.
"Kids, are you okay with taking pictures?"
"Pwictures? Dajjy, what is that?"
Sophia asked confused.
"They are thick papers that print your images. Remember your baby pictures we showed you last time? We will get those."
"Wow! Okay okay! Dajjy, let's go! I want everyone to see how cwute I am! Dajjy quick!"
We both laughed at Sophia's reaction. It seemed she was excited to see her face in the picture.
"Let's go, Roman. This is a rare moment for us to take pictures."
Penelope invited her son, who was too engrossed in his Bulbasaur toy.
We entered the shop. We asked for a quick print of the pictures. Fortunately, there were few customers, and it didn't take long for us to enter the shooting room.
"Madam, sir, these are our formal clothes. You can choose whatever you want."
It was good that this store could let us wear formal clothes. If I'm not mistaken, this whole photo-shooting process would take us two hours at best.
Penelope helped the kids get dressed first. Roman wore a suit, just like me, while Sophia wore a cute dress.
"Wow. Miss, you have beautiful skin."
"I have to use all my power to give you a total makeover!"
The makeup artist and my wife began to talk. The make-up artist did her best.
In my opinion, Penelope is already beautiful.
The makeup artist adjusted her hair and dress.
"Honey, how are you?" I asked, staring at her after the makeup artist was done.
My eyes trembled as I saw her. My wife was wearing a white cocktail dress and she looked stunning!
Oh my God, I feel like my blood is boiling for some reason.
If you ask me what I'm going to do now. My answer is simple... I want to have sex with my wife.
I want to push her to the ground while she is wearing the white dress. I'm acting like a hooligan! Damn it!
My lips twitched for some reason as I stared at her.
"Honey, are you okay? Why are you looking at me like that? Is there something on my face?"
She asked me. She seemed confused.
"No, it's nothing. I'm just saying you're beautiful."
I just shook my head. I didn't want to tell her I was thirsty.
"Keith Castillo. You and your flattery."
She rolled her eyes, but she was obviously pleased with what I said.
"Looks like everything's ready. Then let's get started."
The cameraman led us to the seating arrangement. My wife and I sat on the chair. Roman was in the center, standing between us. Then Sophia was in her mother's arms, smiling naturally into the camera.
The camera flash came.
Then the cameraman told us to take one more pose.
This time, my wife and I were standing next to each other, with the two children sitting in the chair in front of us. We looked like a happy family.
The photographer was satisfied after taking a few pictures. The photo shoot was over and we returned the formal attire to the store.
A few minutes later, the pictures came out and we received them.
The whole photoshoot cost us a thousand pesos... Too expensive to be honest. But I didn't regret it.
I saw my wife wearing a beautiful dress and I have pictures of it! Definitely worth it.
The store gave us the pictures along with the film. We could use the film to print the pictures if we wanted bigger sizes.
We got four 4x6 and three 5x7 inch pictures. The resolution was high and our expressions were clear.
Our attention was on the pictures. It seemed that we were all happy. We looked like a rich family in the pictures, hehe.
Especially, my wife, she was beautiful in her dress. I'm happy that the camera caught a glimpse of her beauty and imprinted it on these papers. No one can beat the real beauty in front of me.
I thought and looked at my wife who was looking at the pictures. As a woman, she naturally wanted to see her face as beautiful in the pictures.
I could tell from her smile that she liked them.
"Then let's go. We promised to buy Christmas gifts for your cousins."
The day was early and we had plenty of time before going back to the town hall.
I wonder what Simeon is doing right now. He got his share of the money after all.
The city had a shopping mall, but it was only three stories. But it was wide and we could see different kinds of shops inside.
Because it was Christmas Eve, there were a lot of people.
We walked a few meters and found a place where we could buy gifts for the children - a toy store. Yes, I'm talking about the forgotten Toys R Us.
I heard that this company went bankrupt.
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