Kids

Superstar 2

“This was my photo for my dance recital when I was 11. They wanted us to wear stage makeup. I was mortified that I had to wear this costume, but then my mom pulls out her makeup bag and puts her makeup on me so my face took on a nice shade of brown.”

(submitted by April)

School Daze

“My first day of Kindergarten 1985, not happy with my mother’s choice of outfit nor her insisting that I “smile or else”.  Eventually she caved and let me change but not before forever immortalizing my disdain for ruffles.”

(submitted by Nicole)

Rodrage

“My dad thought 2-year-old me was strong enough to hang from the curtain rod while he takes a picture.”

(via battle)

Basket Case

Wicker, what can’t you do?

(submitted by Claire)

Little Miss Sunshine Revisited

“My mom loved to get professional photos taken of my siblings and me when we were kids.  I hated it. I learned fairly quickly that if I complained or was fussy they would just keep going and ask me to be still or quiet. However, if I behaved perfectly and just made awful facial expressions the photos would end. This little gem is a product of my silent temper tantrums.”

Oh, and btw, this is Meg now.

Slip And Slide

Parent supervision not needed.

(submitted by Jane)

Le Resistance

“I’m a photographer and was taking pictures for a beautiful family, but their littlest member was not a fan. Multiple times, he told me no as I asked him to smile and in this picture he just refused to even sit with his family. What we ended up with is a gorgeous family portrait with little Jack admiring from afar likely telling me no in protest of our photo shoot.”

(submitted by Coral)

Urban Cowboy

Welcome to the big city, kid.

(via source)

Driftwood

“Was picked to do a photo shoot for a Thalheimers department store, believe it or not.”

(submitted by Tyler)

Double Vision

“The year was 1976. My mom had just come home with that fabulous perm, and, apparently, I asked to have the same done to my hair.  I was three or four at the time, so I’ll have to take her word on that.  I do, however remember the traumatic experience of having that fro cut off several days after this picture was taken, because I played in a sandbox too emphatically and my mother couldn’t comb through the tangled, sandy mess!  This picture will always make me smile (while shaking my head).  It shows just how tiny our immediate family was – just me and my mom, with dad behind the camera at his studio. It’s goofy, sure, but back then, it was just ‘us’.

(submitted by Julie)

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