The camera vs the kids

After my failure with the god-daughter a couple of days ago I thought I'd persevere with the children thing by getting a family photo of the nieces (four) and nephew. Couldn't be that hard - could it?

After many hours, too much chocolate and more photos than I care to reveal I admitted defeat. They never actually all sat down in the same place at the same time, let alone actually looked at the camera, didn't burst into tears or toddle off as I pressed the shutter. So I've put together a few of the shots, just to prove that all five do exist, even if never in the same place.

Round two of camera vs kids tomorrow.