Another series

Cousins once again together, once again we parents search for a shot of the three of them. This is the third attempt. First there was Washington D.C., then there was the park and now the pre-birthday celebration:

I'm starting to think this is the Holy Grail of family photography. Three children, one camera, all of them looking in the same direction, all of them eyes open and maybe even smiling--it shouldn't be this hard. I'm wondering if we're going to have to involve medication or television if we ever want this to work. I kind of like the foibles better than I would a real shot, though.