Picture Day

Ah, it's that time of year again: faces are freshly scrubbed, hair is curled into ringlets or slicked back, kids are instructed not to look like loons when they smile.

DD's kindergarten picture day is tomorrow. We've had the outfit chosen for weeks. I made sure it was clean so she could wear it tomorrow. The only thing I'm a little worried about is her hair. She has long, curly hair and usually wears it in a pony tail. Tomorrow before I leave to go to work, I think I will braid it, but will it stay? She doesn't go to school until the afternoon. Four hours is a long time for her hair to stay put. We've practiced smiling normally.

I guess I worry about stupid things.

However, there are some horrifying pictures of myself from grade school. I especially remember this one photo--I think I was in fifth grade--already in an awkward phase. I had a terrible bowl haircut (thanks, Mom!), glasses, and I was wearing a pink plaid shirt, untucked. (Thankfully, you couldn't see that part.) I had my chin pointed downward for some reason, and smiled too big.

Let's just say I never handed any of those photos out to my classmates because they were so awful.

I hated picture day.