As long as there have been parents with cameras, there have been back to school pictures. They are there to help parents remember how cute and little the kids once were, they are there so kids can show off their attitude about taking pictures, and they are there to capture our fabulous fashion choices (those socks and sandals though? Wow Manda. Nice work.)
These days, the big thing is a sign – or other object – posed into the photo with your kid. And this how I have taken pictures of my oldest through the years. A simple sign with his grade, teacher and first day date. We always take the pictures in front of our closed garage door. I did this because I knew that even if we moved, we’d likely still have a garage door to take pictures in front of! Sign or no sign – it sure is fun to watch them grow up!
I’m looking forward to getting our FIFTH GRADE one today, and my Kindergarten one for my middle son later this week – I love traditions!
I would love to see a favorite First Day photo from you! It can be this year, a past year, a scrapped one or one of you when you were little – I don’t care! But please, share! It’s so fun to see!
Love your photos. What a great idea to have the signs. I am driving my daughter nuts with reminding her to take pictures of my precious grandkids on their first day of school each year. She’s not a pictureaholic like her mother is. When my kids were growing up I would take pictures of them all through each year of school. It was such a tradition that they didn’t even complain about having their pictures taken when they were in high school. I think I will make some layouts with pictures of my daughter along side with her two kids for their first day pictures for that particular school year. Now that would be fun. Then I will give her copies of all up through 3rd grade (her son started 6th grade this year but daughter is only in 3rd grade). Maybe then she will know just how important those pictures are — well anyway, they are to me.
Great first day photos 🙂 . I also take a photo of my kids faces when they get home & I ask them how was their first day .Doing that after photo always for my kids looks better than the before ..LOL