Notes to Myself

1. Spend the extra $10 and get the anti-reflective coating on the kids' glasses next time.

2. After the camera has rattled around in the diaper bag for a few hours, check to make sure the settings aren't goofed up before taking the annual Easter photo.

3. Buy the boys some decent clothes for holidays instead of rummaging around in the hand-me-down pile the night before Easter in search of something that isn't too wrinkled and doesn't clash with the girls' new dresses.

4. When church begins at 8 a.m., I must wake up before 6:45 a.m. or else there won't be time to fix my daughter's hair.

5. The night before Easter is not the right time to remember to buy the girls some spring shoes so they don't have to wear their black patent leather Christmas shoes with their pastel spring dresses.

6. Put some lotion on that boy so he will quit scratching his arm and maybe crack a smile for the camera.

7. Next time the four-year-old tries on his sister's Easter hat, have the camera ready. It could make for some good bribe material during his teenage years.

8. Take more pictures of moments like this: