Dad and Nomad

Two Pictures this week:

My oldest daughter's school had their first annual "Father/Daughter" dance last weekend - a formal affair that was perfect for Valentine's Day. They decided to bring little sister along, too, although she only lasted through dinner and one or two dances before she wanted mommy to come pick her up. No worries, the other two stayed and closed down the joint, dancing to the likes of "YMCA" and "Celebration". The round tables had linens and the chairs had bows, they had a spaghetti dinner and a picture booth. Everyone had a great time! This is a picture of all three of them before they left for the dance.


My youngest daughter got a turn with "Nomad" last week, a "cat" from preschool that you take home, play with and take on adventures - and then write a story about him to take to school. We were also encouraged to take pictures to include with the story in the "Nomad journal". Those who know my daughter know her obsession with all animals (especially kitties) and so this was quite a treat, she and Nomad were hardly separated the whole time he was visiting. Here they are cuddling on the couch.

So the thing these two pictures have in common, is that they will both go in their school albums. Everyone does their school albums differently, I put only school activities in each of the girls' albums. So each album starts with her school picture, then class picture, then pictures of anything from school that I captured during the year: Halloween party, jog-a-thon, field trip, or school function. I have friends who use their school album for "school age", anything including birthday parties and city sports is included with the school activities - both ways are fine! I use it also to record all the pertinent information, teacher's name, friends in her class, etc. Each school year only has 8-10 pages, depending again on what I have taken pictures of and it will be interesting to see as they get older if that increases or decreases per year.

I do know that I'm visiting both classes this week to take pictures of Valentine's parties... don't forget your camera tomorrow!