During one of my freak-out homeschool mommy moments, I started wondering how many "normal" activities my kids would miss by not going to school. For some reason, Picture Day kept coming to mind (seriously?). Since I'm not much of a picture person, it's ironic that I was worried about my kiddos not getting to have their pictures made at school. It's not like I was planning on hanging up pics of my children against boring blue or fake bookshelf backdrops.
Anyway, because my children aren't going to miss out on anything, our personal photographer took Kindergarten and Pre-K photos for us. After she sent me these photos, I realized that it was I who had missed out on something great. For years, I had been photographed at school without having my mom to fix my hair or tell me how to smile. No one ever took the time to photograph me "in my element" (a la the train tracks above). Instead, I had been shuffled through for the annual mugshot that will forever mark me in the pages of whatever institution I was attending. Very rarely did these shots flatter me or evoke some special memory. Even my photos in cap and gown still make me gag. Those photos don't say anything about me!
So lest my children think that they are missing out on something special at school called Picture Day, I can assure them that they are not. They might not be in a 100 page book filled with other children's mugshots, but their pictures will be taken by someone who can give them undivided attention. Mommy will work with the photographer to touch up or re-do the photos. And someday, they'll be proud to show their own children pictures of them when they were in school.
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