Days like this are always funny to look back on…. aren’t they, Charlotte? …Charlotte? Aren’t they?
I am participating in The Waiting’s “Remember the Time…” Blog Hop
Check out the original post here and read through the rest of the participants’ blog posts for more School Portrait memories. To participate yourself, follow the instructions at Emily’s site.
The Middlest Sister 
Reminds me of Judith Viorst’s “Alexander And The Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day” (one of my sons’ favorite books from their childhood)..
It’s brilliant!
I loved that book!
Love these pics! That’s a lot of work.
It was! This one had a different background for each panel, so it took a while :)
“The theme smelled good.”
Hahahaha! That’s so funny!
I think so, too! I didn’t make it up– it’s a real answer that Charlotte’s son just gave for his vocab review. :)
Oh I hated school pics! They always turned out bad. ;-)
Agreed!
I’ve just had a week filled with days like that …
Ugh, me too. Sorry to hear that it’s going around.
I love that you joined the blog hop… fun prompt and wonderful response by the Middlest Sister.
I joined now! It was a happy coincidence that I’ve been working on this one :) Hooray for good timing!
Perfect timing! Welcome to the club… fun prompts and great posts. I’ll be adding mine later today; hope you’ll check it out. :-)
Sounds like a great club! I’d love to participate more in the future. I’ll definitely read through the rest!
It’s been so fun… the nostalgia is perfect for your wonderful artwork.
OMG, I adore this :D Did you know that this week’s theme for my nostalgic blog linkup is school picture day? Pleeeeease linkup with us.
Ahh I will! Let me see if I can do it with my phone…
That should be no problem!
I’m so happy this coincidence has let me participate! Usually I can’t without a lot of heads up since it takes so long to cut these things :D
I thought the exact same thing when I saw this! Nicole, you are so talented. I love your stuff! And I am impressed with the patience you have to create these!
Thank you :) I love making them
I do like a smelly theme!
Hahaha! Me too!
Yeah, that’s about right.
Poor Charlotte had a day like this that culminated with a photo at the DMV. It is the funniest driver’s license photo I have ever seen.
Great post! Not sure why that ‘theme’ sentence wasn’t correct, though. Clearly the teacher didn’t understand it properly.
Ha! Teachers can be so rigid sometimes.
Ah, memories! Add a dog slobbering all over my hair and some boys pile-driving my face into the dirt on the playground and that was my picture day. Well done, Nicole, this was one of my faves!
Aww, poor Darla! School photos were so terrible… but so terrible, I actually keep a secret photo album of them from all my loved ones (and myself!) to laugh at when I am down.
Some days you just can’t smile. And sometimes you have to sit for a stupid photo on those no-smile days. Ugh…memories. There’s a smelly theme to laugh about!
Poor Chachi.
We’ve all had one of those picture days…at least once. You’ve captured it perfectly.
Thanks! I think I had this every school picture day from 1st grade on…
Love the kids in line with the combs. My kids always come home with pictures where their hair is combed into the worst hairstyles. Whomever did it clearly does not style hair at all. I always hated picture day too. Now that I’m on the opposite side, it’s not much better. Love the work you put into this!
It just occurred to me as I was making this that my daughter might get first school photo this year (pre k)… I’m sorry to hear it’s just as bad on the parent side!
Perfect frumpy face!
My mom had a great love of dressing me up like a “Little House on the Prairie” girl for many delicate early years of my life (until I was in 5th grade!). I never had the heart to tell her that her sweet handmade dresses were not very fashionable, so there are a lot of school pictures with me looking like I was dragged in from a different time period.
Oh my gosh… I want to see these photos. !
awww Charlotte! you guys should get her a professional photo session for her birthday to make it up! :)
Ha! That is a great idea! If only her last terrible photo day hadn’t been at the DMV.
:D wow, she really needs something to get rid of the terrible photo day curse! Charlotte, I’m rooting for you! ;)
Oh my gosh. Your blog is my new favorite. Love.
Thanks! That’s so nice to hear! :)
I love this! Especially because of how good the theme smelled haha
Hahaha! Thank you! It’s been freshly bathed.
I love this! Those wonderful/terrible school pictures are like little time capsules. I don’t think do-overs and air-brushing should be allowed, at least not in grade school. A horrible picture is character building, right Charlotte? Right?