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How many of you remember picture day back when you were in school? It was that day (twice a year) where you remembered to dress nicely so you could get your pictures done. My parents only ever bought one set of pictures each year. Since there was four of us they bought the two older kids pictures in the fall and the younger two in the spring.

It was the only way to ensure that everyone got pictures bought for the school year. Those dang pictures are so expensive that I only buy one set as well. I used to love picture day. I twas the day I got a new outfit and spent extra time getting myself ready. All for pictures to happen right after gym and I ended up looking like a dying poodle. At least in high school one year.

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  2. I laugh when I look at my pics as I had a teeny sized head and huge glasses so it looked very cartoon character-ish

  4. I remember it always being so fun to pick out your picture day outfit, but i always had to go for the re-do’s!!

  5. I was usually the first in line because they always went by height and I was the shortest. Plus I always hated my pictures!

  7. I remember waiting in the long line and feeling awkward as everyone watched you sit on the stool and get your picture taken.

  8. I hated picture day. I didn’t want to get my picture taken but my parents wanted the pictures so I’d suck it up and get them taken. Some were real doozies with the facial expressions I had..lol.

  10. I hated school picture day I do remember that. I really hated it when they made me smile when my big teeth were coming in.

  11. I THINK MY STRONGEST MEMORY IS JUST THAT EVERY YEAR I WAS SO NERVOUS. AND I ALWAYS HATED WHAT MY MOTHER WANTED ME TO WEAR LOL

  14. I have a memory that in 4th grade I decided to smile without showing my teeth for the photos. It is one of the few memories that stands out.

  18. I remember i had bad hair all the time.. also my parents picked what I wore.. there was this one time where they took a large panorama of all of us on the field.. they had a ladder.

  19. i’ve always hated getting my picture taken at any time, so picture day at school wasn’t a fun experience for me.

  20. One of my most awkward photos was when my crush happened to be next in line so he could see me getting my photo taken. I was so shy and embarrassed…. I kept on blinking and having to retake it. You could see how awkward i was just by looking at that photo, even 20+ years later!

  22. I remember how bad I hated picture day because it seemed like my hair never did what I wanted and when they say smile I froze up.

  25. I remember in 6th grade i thought I’d be cool and really dress up with a skirt and pretty shirt. Unfortunately, the boys thought it was funny to make fun of me…broke my heart! Oh well…

  27. Picture day…you never knew what your photos were going to look like. My favorite school photo was my senior year where it was taken out of school by a real professional! lol

  29. So many years ago I was sick for my senior pic and had to go a different day to make it up.

  34. IN 4TH GRADE MY MOM LET ME GROW MY HAIR OUT AND PICK OUT MY OUTFIT AND I WAS SOOO PSYCHED… AND THEN SPILLED AN ENTIRE CONTAINER OF GLUE ON MYSELF 10 MINUTES BEFORE PICTURES…

  35. I always loved picture day because my mom would take extra care with my hair and i loved choosing my outfits 🙂

  36. I would obsess about my outfit for weeks! i LOVED THE ONES WHERE THEY USED TWO POSES IN THE SAME PIC. iT LOOKED FANCY!

  37. In elementary school picture day meant pigtails every year, my mom would braid them the night before and then in the morning unbraid them so they would be wavy. Every year, never failed

  38. I remember that almost every year, my class was the last to get pictures taken. I had to keep my hair pretty, even through recess, which was a struggle.

  40. I was always excited for picture day, but day we were supposed to get the pictures back was always filled with anxiety. I was never sure if they’d turn out.

  41. I was never a big fan of picture day, but it is nice to have some of the photos to look back on.

  42. I dreaded it. I went to a private school with pastel dresses as uniforms and they were deeply unbecoming.

  44. My favourite memory was probably when my mom helped curl my hair for the first time just for photo day. It was the first time I got my hair curled and I felt fancy, because I looked like my mom.

  46. I hated school picture day. I was a poor kid growing up and had lots of bully’s. My grandparents and Aunt always bought our clothes and I always to Stood out. Now that I look back at it who cared?! Lol

  47. We were homeschooled, so we never had an official picture day, but my mom always took a lot of snapshots, which I think I found annoying at the time.

  49. I always like school picture day, but I would always manage did my outfit dirty during the school day.

  51. When I was in school I loved Van Halen and everyone knew it!! lol My mom bought me a van halen necklace from my fan club info she found and I wore it for picture day. boy was my dad pissed! lol I still love that picture

  52. I remember bEING IN GRADE 1 OR 2 AND MY MOTHER HAD CUT MY BANGS THE PREVIOUS DAY. a HAIRDRESSER SHE WAS NOT. tHE BANGS WERE SO SHORT ALL OF MY FOREHEAD WAS VISIBLE.

  53. I don’t remember too many picture days! I do remember picture days when I taught public school though. That was crazy! I always tried to make sure my students looked presentable, but it definitely seemed like the photographers were too rushed to care how the kids’ pictures turned out. Ugh.

  57. Hi. I accidentally put my email in the space for my Twitter handle. My Twitter is @c1nnamoncarter

  59. I remeber my mom trying so hard to get my hair perfect and my colics always spoling her efforts! They still do 50 years later.

  63. I hate school picture day. Anything that required me to dress up was something I was not a fan of.

  72. I remember the 1st grade. my mother set my hair in huge rollers and then styled me like it was 1970. she made me wear a blue sailor dress with a red bow. still the most mortifying photo ever.

  73. I remember having to line up in the school hallway while we waited for our turn for photo taking. It seemed to take forever and we always messed up our hair or outfits fooling around in the hallway.

  75. In my day, only high school seniors got individual pictures. we didn’t get any warning and it rained all day mine was scheduled. luckily my parents got a pro to take pictures for me to hand out, but i was stuck with unruly frizzed hair, no makeup, and an unbecomeing collar for the yearbook.

  76. My sons would love picture day when they were young. We’d make sure their hair was cut and neatly combed and they would wear new clothes. As they got older, they weren’t as excited, but they still smiled and the photo’s were still great.

  78. I hated school pictures we always had hand me downs and I was so tall that nothing fit right and I thought I just didn’t like the way I looked.

  80. We always got a comb from the photographer. But the teacher wouldn’t let us comb our hair for fear of messing up the way our moms had fixed it that morning. And my bangs were always a gigantic mess – crooked, way too short or both.

  81. I have always hated getting my picture took,even as a kid. I guess my favorite was when we wore cowboy hats.

  84. Can’t really remember the individual photos but I do remember the class photos. I always got stuck on the back row as I was tall in elementary school.

  86. My school brought in snakes to have our pictures taken with. no joke. I have been terrified of snakes ever since!

  87. It’s been years since picture day. I didn’t like picture day growing up but I am so grateful to have all my old school pictures from my childhood

  88. I never enjoyed school picture day. Too nervous about it I guess. But I certainly enjoy looking at them now!

  89. Ugh! School picture day! My biggest pet peeve about picture day is my hair! I always stuck out every which way-it never cooperated! It still DOESN’T! I hated picture day!

  90. I hated picture day. Remember having to stand against the backdrop while some strange lady licked her finger and dabbed at my face and hair.

  93. i pERSONALLY DIDNT LIKE PICTURE DAY AS A KID BC OF ALL THE ACNE AND INSECURITIES i HAVE, NOT TO MENTION THE CONSTANT BULLYING UGH

  94. God, I just hated picture taking day!! I have two memories: First, my Mom literally dragged me to get my hair cut (boy style short!!) because she was fed up with my baby fine, prone to being tangly hair, and I remember she used to use Johnson’s ‘No Tangle’s stuff, which didn’t work all that great on my hair. Next day, I’m drinking out of the school’s hallway fountain, and some kid actually said to me, ‘Are you a boy, or a girl??!’. That was just humiliating, and I hated my new boy cut!! (I have never had my hair that short ever since).

    My 2nd memory is of really stressing over how my grade 12 graduation picture would turn out, and I remember praying to god even about it, because I really wanted it to look nice! It thankfully turned out fine, but I’ve never considered myself to take very good pictures. Only my ‘selfie’ ones where I’m in control turn out good.

  98. I never liked Picture Day because I had to dress up. One year I forgot it was picture day and didn’t wear anything nice and while I was in class I got a call to come to the office and when I got there my Mom was there with a bag of nice clothes that I had to change into. How embarrassing.

  101. On school day my mother had decided to give me a perm the day before picture day. My hair looked horrible, but I was young so I was real proud and thought I looked good, but now looking at it – it was ugly.

  102. I was going through files and came across a folder filled with all the extra pictures from the package deals. I sent a large envelope of them to my son who lives several states away.

  103. I ALWAYS HATED PICTURE DAY, MY HAIR NEVER HAD A GOOD CUT OR MY CLOTHES WERE UGLY, BEING THE YOUNGEST OF 10 KIDS i HAD A LOT OF HAND ME DOWNS AND MOST THINGS WERE REALLY OUT OF STYLE

  107. I remember wearing extra special clothes for picture day and taking more time with my hair to get it looking just right!

  110. I remember my mom putting my hair in the tightest ponytail so it would still be neat by picture time on picture days.

  112. My favorite thing about picture day in elementary school was when we would get the class picture of all of us because I knew then I would have a photo of everyone in my class and there were twin brothers in there that I had a crush on from 4th – 6th grade and I would feel all giddy because I knew I would get to have their photos. haha.

  113. That is a long time ago but my picturs always got me out of class and turned out pretty good.

  114. I remember Trading pictures with all my classmates.we Always wrote cute little messages on the back.

  116. i remember always hating my photos at the time, but now i think they’re all good photos

  118. Oh! The dreaded school picture day! my hair was always a mess and i swear they always had them right after pe or recess.

  127. I had long hair until the summer before heading into 3rd grade…i went from long hair to a short pixie. I remember the boys teasing me on picture day, so unfortunately it wasn’t a very good smile on that picture…I looked pathetically sad…lol

  129. I had horrible luck with picture day, zits, bad hair, spilled stuff on shirt. I dreaded picture day.

  131. my mother always put me in something very ulgly that I didn’t want to wear to have my photo taken in. I had some where when I lived with my grandma that I lookekd much better. I still have all of my pictures the hair cuts I had makes my 13 year old very thankful I didn’t make her do any of that stuff.

  133. One of the best picture days happened in the late 70’s. The feathered hair look was in and My hair came out perfect for picture day. The absolute best school picture I ever took. You’d think I was a bird with feathers.

  135. Last year’s picture day was silly – we went to the sibling day pics for the kids, but it rained and no pics got taken. At the kid’s school they have sibling photos as well as each child’s and at Grade 12 level they also have a chance to have friends group as well. It was the first year I had no sibling or friends shots. Made me sad.

    Mishelle G

  138. I was given a necklace as a young child by my mother. It was from Avon and was a small bear charm. I wore it for every picture day, including graduations. It was a tradition that I really liked. Thanks for the super giveaway opportunity.

  139. I had a necklace that was given to me from my mother as a child. It had a little gold bear hanging from the chain. I wore it for every picture day including university. It is fun to see how I grew with the necklace being a constant. Thanks for the awesome giveaway opportunity!

  140. My favorite memory is having a hissy fit with wanting to wear my candy necklace in my pics..thankfully mom stuck to her guns and it was a no go..would be funny now tho

  141. It was so long ago, I really do not remember. I know I would skip them in high school because they would call us down and not take us with our class.

  142. I remember being excited for picture day every year. It was always fun to see what everyone wore on that day.

  143. My mom always picked out what i could wear. And fixed my hair. She never let me do it the way i wanted to.

  144. I always helped at picture day when i was with the pto. it never failed that picture day would be on dress wacky day for dr. seuss week. we always got a good laugh out of it though.

  145. I was never a big fan of picture day. One year we got rained on going from one building to the next, and those are funny to look back on! We’re all kind of like “what?” in our photos, with wet hair, etc.

    -Lauren

  147. Ive always loved taking pictures, but not being in them – so picture day was never a huge thrill for me!

  149. I don’t remember much about them…i just remember that my senior picture got “stolen” and I had to have another one taken. months later somebody found my original id card laying on a sidewalk in town. that was odd. thanks and God bless!

  150. Being the shortest in class my whole life, i was always in the front row, sitting either on the left most seat or the right.

  151. I always found it so awkward – especially when the photographer would come over and manually position you!

  152. I remember in elementary school i had to wear curlers the night before picture day so my hair would be curly…not my Favourite night of the year.

  154. My kiddo is the queen of how will i make this years picture look unique. last year she let her friend do her hair and half of it was a giant poof on one ide of her head. a couple years ago there was a ton of food in her braces LOL

  158. My mother curled my bangs when I was little, and they had a huge crimp in THem. That was my worst picture.

  159. Most of the time I HAd to wear a school uniform, but once in a while picture day WOUld be free dress day…

  163. School photo days were always a bigger deal for mom since I was a tomboy! She would make me get up a bit earlier to prep… my mom would fix up my hair and pick my outfitS, while I couldn’t care less! I am grateful for her helping me look decent for those photos though!

  164. I only remember one specific picture from 2nd grade, I think, where everyone was seated (one by one) behind a desk, pretending to do homework (notebook open, pen in hand) while looking at the camera.

  168. I remember when I was very young, we would try to brush, tease, or curl each other’s hair right up until our turn.

  173. My fave school picture day was when I’d helped give my sister a haircut a week before school pictures when I was like 6 and she was 9. We cut out a big chunk on one side so she has an amazing side ponytail in her photos. 😂

  175. I always hated picture day, especially in highschool because we would have to do it during our lunch break. My pictures never turned out well, too.

  176. I tried to look extra special for picture day, but looking back, I did not take the best school pictures.

  177. My 7th grade year. Also the year high hair was in style. I forgot to pick out my curl so I ended up with a very shiny flat curl on my head.

  178. I remeMber picture days. I loved then beca i could fet out of class early but somewhere around middle school all my pictures eere awkward. Seems like eleme school had picture days every semester

  179. I rem pictures days. Loved them. Seems like elem school had picture days svery semester. Middle school Picture dayS were awkward

  181. The only day out of the year that I always had a cowlick and the rest of the year I never had any.

  182. My mom would dress me in clothes that I would not normally wear. They would be new and itchy. That is what I remember .

  183. i remember school pictures always being taken at the worst time of the day, like towards the end or after recess when you were dirty and your hair was messed up.

  184. Waiting in line and not being able to talk or go to the bathroom. Had to wear certain color clothes and girls could not wear bows or other hair designs. Boys had to have their hair parted on the right side and if a crew cut, had to be less then half inch on the head. This was a long time ago. I see the pictures now adays and anything goes!! Bald heads, girls and boys!

  186. I hated school picture day. I was one of the shortest kids, so I always sat up front, in the middle. Ugh…

  188. Ohh I HATED school picture day for do many Reasons. I had braces, my hair was not straight, I had wavy to curly hair. Every time they asked my name – Shay-muh the photographer would say oh like shame on you? jerks….

  189. Picture day was always horrible I always tired to figure out what to wear then my mom would change my outfit and my hair. Mom liked the photos I never like them always bad.

  190. I never really had any kind of memory from picture day, I always liked getting my picture taken, my outfit had to be just right and my hair.

  191. I remember we were given a full package of photos to look at and bring home. If we wanted it we paid and kept it. If not we sent it back to school. there was no picking different background or different poses or anything like that.

  193. Most of the memories are painful. I had a cold sore. My hair did a weird flip. I looked like a prison inmate.

  194. When I was eight years old, I was gifted a pink poncho and in my class photo I thought i was very stylish in my pink poncho. I was teased up until high school for that pink poncho but I don’t regret loving and wearing it!

  196. I thought it was exciting that in Elementary school they would give us all a free comb to fix our hair while we were in line to have our pictures taken.

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