second grade ahoy
Jesus. On the left is my kid on Friday, his last day of first grade. On the right is the same kid, back in late August on his first day of first grade. A couple of things about this picture:
– Yes, I know that I need to find one spot for both him and I to stand when taking these pictures since the perspective is all kooky.
– You can see the growth in his legs. There used to be 3 or so inches between the tops of his socks and the bottoms of his shorts and now there’s like 12 feet.
– His expression on the left freaks me out. He reminds me a little bit of the boy from Deliverance during the dueling banjo scene where he gets all into it and grins maniacally.
Note: I’ve never actually seen Deliverance, just that scene, which I don’t think is weird. There are a few movies that I’ve never actually seen but know the famous scenes from. The husband thinks this is nonsense. Like, how I’ve never actually seen all of Risky Business, but I had seen the “Old Time Rock n Roll” scene. Or how I didn’t see Wall Street until last summer, but I had seen the “greed is good” scene. Related confession: I’ve never seen Carlito’s Way. I’m sorry.
– He gets his sock wearing style from his dad.
– How about those crumbling front steps? Aren’t those hot?
I think I was actually more excited about him being done with school for the summer than he was. I think mostly it’s because it’s one less thing that I have to worry about for a few months. It’s a break from fighting over homework and packing lunches and making sure that his uniforms are clean.
On a semi-related note, there were some misunderstandings about some of the outcry regarding the “working mom” episode of Momversation. If I wasn’t clear in my original post, I have no interest in putting out a call to arms for some bullshit sub-genre of the *gag* Mommy Wars. My issue was only that WOHMs were not represented when, I would assume, most working mothers are WOHMs. Dig?
June 15th, 2009 at 4:00 pm
i get my sock wearing style from however lazy i am that morning and how much i care how my socks look… which most likely came from my dad too
June 15th, 2009 at 4:32 pm
@furiousBall, well, it’s good to see traditions surviving through generations these days…
June 15th, 2009 at 4:00 pm
I have seen the trash compactor scene in Star Wars at least 7 times. I have never seen the rest of the movie.
June 15th, 2009 at 4:33 pm
@ClumberKim, high five, fellow weirdo. 😉
June 16th, 2009 at 11:09 pm
I’m reading Deliverance right now and just got passed the banjo dueling scene! Coincidence? My only reason for posting is to question the idea that the banjo dueling scene is the ONE to see? I’ve never seen the film either but always thought the whole big deal of the film is the “squeal like a pig scene”? No?
June 16th, 2009 at 11:11 pm
the banjo pic is creepy though. lol
Cant wait to see you guys! Miss you!