LTB K-6

lots of double dog dares and even a triple! well, i guess there's no getting out of this one. i've been saving this gem for a rainy day, and although it's actually sunny today, it's still cold and i'm bored (if i still had a dog maybe i'd walk it). so here goes...



from left to right:

kindergarten-you've got to have the bowl, right?

1st grade-pierced ears (i remember getting off the school bus and rotating my earrings, just like they told me to, thinking i was so cool).

2nd grade-notice that i've got my second set of (BIG) teeth. this is the year i peed my pants at school. on my "special day"! what are the odds? good thing is that my mom was already coming in for my special day anyway, so she just brought me some new clothes. oh, and i totally had a crush on mike smith.

3rd grade-emilie and i got perms and i remember thinking my sweater was the prettiest thing ever (it had roses on the bottom, which, sadly, you can't see). BUT my mom had to leave town for picture day and my dad did our hair-and BRUSHED out the perms. our teachers told my mom that they tried to salvage our do's, but as you can see-dad did some damage.

i'd say this is when things begin to go downhill...

4th grade-this sweet vest had matching hammer pants. that's right, hammer pants. i remember being sort of bugged because i got the outfit when we were in florida, so i was sure that no one else would have the same one. instead, another girl had it AND wore it on picture day AND her name was melanie martin (my maiden name is martin), so she was right beside me in the class picture! so uncool.

5th grade-notice that i've toned down the wardrobe and have added a special "b.f.f." necklace! allie and i were b.f.f. and i think we even had a three-piece one as well with our other b.f.f., erin. this was my last year at haine elementary and before i left allie and i cut our hands and stuck the bloody mess together to seal ourselves as "blood sisters."

6th grade-my shining moment! ah, where to begin...i kept this one hidden for years. that is, until i took stevie to 'meet the parents' and my mom busted it out in all its 8x10 glory. stevie almost called off the engagement (i'm still not sure if he was totally kidding). in my defense, my dad was responsible for the most obvious problem: my 'kelly martin' glasses ('kelly martin' in respect only to color, because i'm quite sure her glasses were much more fashionable. and were her size.) my dad took me to sears for new glasses and despite the best efforts of the sales associates to persuade him otherwise, he was determined that these glasses would be a sound purchase; i would grow into them. instead, i was dubbed 'flat-face' because the large glasses combined with my small nose made my profile just that-flat. you can betchyurbottom i upgraded to contacts shortly thereafter. oh, and the hair...i don't even know what excuse would suffice.

so there you have it, LTB K-6. ain't that a sight to behold?!

now, i'm going to double dog dare a few of you (one for each grade i dared to reveal): holwonder, alifinale, +L, blonde canary, gina bina, shannon and jess.