Kids
Semi Perm
“We live in a rural super small town in central Illinois. My Aunt who had moved to the ‘big city’ (Chicago) went to beauty school. She came home to visit with her home perm set. We were all impressed.. She set it up in our kitchen and permed me, my mom and my 3 siblings. I had the longest hair so she just did my bangs. Mullets weren’t even a thing yet!”
(submitted by Devin)
Full Body Jacket
“It was the 90s and our grandpa brought us to a Chinese Ice Sculpture event in São Paulo, Brazil. They obviously weren’t ready to provide coats for kids.”
(submitted by IG @flasalama)
Frank-N-Swine
“My mom thought it would be funny to dress her son as ‘Frank-n-swine’ for Halloween. She was right. 1989.”
(submitted by IG @scottypectol)
Uneasy Rider
“My son Wille has never been a fan of fun rides. He is 17 now and still doesn’t like it. (I’m the one in blue, the one in red is my sister).”
(submitted by IG @lackberg)
“Big Bird”
“This was my second birthday party, November 15th, 1986! Apparently, this was supposed to be Big Bird. But clearly, this is not Big Bird. I would think I would be more frightened (given the lack of eyes!!!).”
(submitted by Jess)
Thanksgiving Meltdown
“That’s me with the curls. Apparently not being allowed to stay at the table was enough to warrant a complete meltdown at the family Thanksgiving meal. Everyone else is doing a great job of ignoring me.”
(submitted by Traci)
Every Picture Tells A Story
“Normally my son takes great school pictures. This year he did not deliver. Needless to say we did not purchase the pictures.”
(submitted by Leah)
Orange Snowman
“We decided to be creative and decorate our snowman with food coloring. The snow did not roll well into balls so we had to pack the snow instead. We were so excited to get it colored that we didn’t realize the shape it had taken until after we stepped back to see the finished product!”
(submitted by Kari)
