Do you have baby pictures of yourself? (Bonus points for anyone who shares!) How about pictures of your ancestors?
My Grandmother turned 90 this past weekend so it inspired me to pull out an album of old family photos. A few years back my Grandparent's started dividing things and giving them to who they wanted each thing to go to. My mother was given my Grandma's writing desk; I have a curio cabinet my Grandpa made for Grandma and my DH was given my Grandpa's old fishing rods and tackle. I know my Aunt has a collection of these doll figures that belonged to Gram.
The other thing they did was let us go through their photo albums and pull out whatever we wanted. I took a variety; pictures of Thanksgiving dinners, some family group portraits, birthday parties, a couple pictures that included my Great-Grandmother and baby pictures of myself.
So when I pulled out the album my 5 year old sat down with me to look at the pictures. Right away she thought these pictures were of her brother! Back in the 80s some kids clothing really did make it difficult to tell a boy from a girl! :lol3:
This woman in the middle is my Grandfather's mother; taken in 1983. The picture had a date on the back; but it didn't say whose wedding this was taken at.
I'm sure there are more; older pictures at my mother's house. I have some CDs with older pictures too; but I'm not going looking for them just yet. I have some pictures of DH's family that pre-date my own even coming to the US. My MIL made a project of scanning them so all of the kids could have copies. This was in the last year or two before DH's grandmother passed away and she was able to give good notes on who was in pictures. Her memory was amazing considering some of them were from her own childhood or before and she knew who was in the picture!
My Grandmother turned 90 this past weekend so it inspired me to pull out an album of old family photos. A few years back my Grandparent's started dividing things and giving them to who they wanted each thing to go to. My mother was given my Grandma's writing desk; I have a curio cabinet my Grandpa made for Grandma and my DH was given my Grandpa's old fishing rods and tackle. I know my Aunt has a collection of these doll figures that belonged to Gram.
The other thing they did was let us go through their photo albums and pull out whatever we wanted. I took a variety; pictures of Thanksgiving dinners, some family group portraits, birthday parties, a couple pictures that included my Great-Grandmother and baby pictures of myself.
So when I pulled out the album my 5 year old sat down with me to look at the pictures. Right away she thought these pictures were of her brother! Back in the 80s some kids clothing really did make it difficult to tell a boy from a girl! :lol3:
This woman in the middle is my Grandfather's mother; taken in 1983. The picture had a date on the back; but it didn't say whose wedding this was taken at.
I'm sure there are more; older pictures at my mother's house. I have some CDs with older pictures too; but I'm not going looking for them just yet. I have some pictures of DH's family that pre-date my own even coming to the US. My MIL made a project of scanning them so all of the kids could have copies. This was in the last year or two before DH's grandmother passed away and she was able to give good notes on who was in pictures. Her memory was amazing considering some of them were from her own childhood or before and she knew who was in the picture!
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