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First Day Fracas
“Picture of my granddaughter on her first day of pre-k. It is usually mommas that have separation anxiety. As you can see, her little sister did.”
(submitted by Susan)
Down Time
“We drove from Arizona to California & took a day trip to Catalina Island. I took a photo of our three children who were taking a break from the day’s activities.”
(submitted by Patricia)
The Mushroom Cut
“Apparently mom thought I needed a cool new ‘do for kindergarten. She must have been confused.”
(submitted by Jill)
The Rod
“This is a picture of me in 4th grade. At the time my mother, was a huge Rod Stewart fan. so much so that she recreated his hairstyle… on me.”
(submitted by Taylor)
The Relative
“That awkward moment you first meet a relative and he wants to wrestle you.”
(submitted by James)
Bunny On The Loose
“It seemed like a good idea at the time: the Easter Bunny emerging from the gardening shed to surprise the children and join the egg hunt. My then 4-year old daughter didn’t think so. And when the shed door crashed open and the Bunny stumbled out and staggered about because he couldn’t see out of the costume, can you blame her?”
(submitted by Bruce)
The Smile Strain
“The photographer kept telling my son to “smile MORE!” And so he did.”
(submitted by Suzy)
The Grand Banana
“Family vacation around 1974. We drove all the way to California with my father taking dozens of rolls of film. By the time we did a swing by the Grand Canyon, we were all tired. We got out of the car and this is the sole photo my father snapped of us. We spent about 3 minutes there. Long enough for my mom to finish that banana.'”
(submitted by Libby)
Can’t Stop Won’t Stop
“Thought we’d get some nice pics in the yard for Mother’s Day. Not on Mr. Pipes’s watch.”
(submitted by Eddie)
Float On
“This is the photo my Grandmother sent out as her Xmas card in the early 70s. She didn’t like my Dad’s not-smiling face so she cut out one from a different picture, pasted it in place and sent it to the printers. Note the glue on my dad’s face where grandma had attempted to affix the smiling face before it shifted during printing completely unintentionally. Still one of the funniest things ever sent to more than 200 friends and family.”
(submitted by Karrie)
