Remember that record from when we were all growing up where the “hit” song was, “All I Want For Christmas Is My Two Front Teeth”? It was Mom’s or Dad’s. The cover of it was a good bokeh shot of a little blond kid with a bowl haircut smiling with no front teeth (and perhaps a red sweater?) standing in front of a Christmas tree. I always thought that was a silly song for whatever reason. I mean, who loses their two front teeth right around Christmas? And why would you want them for Christmas.?
Well I thought about the song the other day as Ashlee was trying to eat some pizza. Now Ashlee’s four food groups are pizza, apple juice, corn dogs, and frosted flakes, with some milk thrown in there every once in a while. She didn’t finish her pizza. /GASP /SHUDDER (Oh the horrer!) When I asked her why she said it was getting too hard to take a bite because she had to do it with the side of her mouth. Poor girl. Now I understand the song much better. And I feel for the poor kids who can’t finish their pizza because of this. I’d want my two front teeth for Christmas as well if they were hampering my pizza ingestion in any way!
For another example of bokeh, check out the picture of Frankie on Becky’s blog. Notice how his eyes are in focus, the rest is “fuzzy”.