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Kim Kardashian knows it’s not always easy to take a group photo with all of her kids.
On Monday, Dec. 22, the mother of four, who shares North, 12, Saint, 10, Chicago, 7, and Psalm, 6, with ex-husband Kanye West, did her best to get all her kids together for a few holiday photos.
“I really tried,” the 45-year-old SKIMS founder admitted via social media.
Kardashian’s Instagram carousel began with her standing outside taking sunset photos between Saint, Chicago, and Psalm, but each seemed to be in a different mood.
“Saint looks like daddy,” one person commented, adding two laughing emojis, commenting on the saint’s slight pout.
In another post, the cover image shows Kardashian’s younger daughter smiling sweetly with a heart emoji, adding: “You can’t catch a slacker in Chicago.”
One person empathized with the celebrity mother, writing: “We all live the same life (when it comes to pictures with our kids).”
The second shot was similar to the first, but instead of looking at the camera, the All’s Fair actress was staring at the camera with her arms outstretched, as if trying to get Saint to come closer to her and his younger brothers.
A third photo from Carousel showed Kardashian and her kids having a little chaotic fun indoors in front of a decorated Christmas tree.
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She smiled and stretched out her arms again, this time standing behind the baby and holding her arms around him, but this time only two of the four decided to cooperate.
North was visible in one part of the frame while Saint was seen on the other side avoiding his mother’s hand as he walked away.
At that moment, Chicago and Psalm stood patiently in front of their mother.
Kardashian was able to take a few more shots with her three youngest children, but Saint refused to smile and the youngest put his hand in his mouth, stretched out his cheek and made a goofy face.
In the final post of her roundup, the businesswoman joined North as the mother-daughter duo danced together in a selfie-style video to Ken Carson’s “Thx.”
The two also have a joint TikTok account, but on Saturday, Dec. 20, Kardashian and West’s eldest child made their Instagram debut on their own social media page.
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North captioned the blurry photo, “First post,” while doing the mother’s signature peace sign.
On an episode of Keeping Up with the Kardashians in early December, she admitted that the reality of her life as a mother is much different than she previously thought.
“I always have one or two kids in my bed every night. I never thought I’d be the kind of mom who lets my kids sleep in the same bed,” Kim said on the show, as she put Chicago to sleep in her bed while awaiting a visit from the Tooth Fairy.
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“I always thought, ‘I’m not that kind of mother,'” Kardashian said. But I’m that kind of mom too, so I don’t mind and my kids can sleep in my bed whenever they want. ”
