Christmas Flashbacks
My first Christmas. Don’t I look utterly enthused? Because I am. I remember. I was totally stoked about that walker right there. You can tell, can’t you? Also – did you have those ornaments covered in thread on your tree? I remember digging those out every Christmas, even up until a several years ago at Dad’s, and every year one of them had disintegrated in storage and those damn strings got tangled up in every OTHER ornament so we spent more time rescuing ornaments from shiny thread than we did actually decorating the tree. I’m so glad they don’t sell those anymore.
(Please don’t tell me if they do.)
I was 17 in this picture. It was 1992. I was just starting to branch out into my “goth” phase (Goth Zoot = Wearing Lots Of Black Shirts With Black Boots) which I started by buying that black Carpe Diem shirt. MAN…I loved that shirt. I think I probably ended up adding tall black suede boots to that outfit after this picture was taken because that was my FAVORITE OUTFIT at the time. So…imagine that outfit there with tall suede black boots. Are you inspired by The Awesome? You should be.
Also…notice the hair wrap. I wore those things non-stop for about 4 years. Because THAT was totally cool, you know.
Let’s not talk about the Mom Jeans, okay?
One of E’s first Christmases. I’m thinking he was about to be 2 here. Look at that hair. Wes’s is looking more and more like that every day. Of course my boys both have luscious curls while my daughter’s is board-straight.
Our first Christmas after Donnie and I were dating? Maybe? I think so. E has a broken arm in this picture. I’m going to use that broken arm to justify everything else that may look hideous. Like my hair. THAT was obviously one of my many bad-self-dye experiences. I have no idea what color I was going for there. Why do I look like some sort of salon/fashion reject but Donnie just looks like a younger and totally adorable version of himself?
This is us last year with the blankets Mimi (Donnie’s Mom) made each of us. We’re quite a lucky family, you know.
If you celebrate Christmas…I hope you have a joyful day tomorrow with Friends and Family or Both Or Whichever Makes You Less Krazee. If you don’t celebrate Christmas? Have a THRILLING Saturday. I hope it is also filled with joy and laughter but hopefully less food than my day will be filled with. I’m just trying NOT to gain back the 5lbs I’ve lost recently. That’s my only goal.
And the same to you, Kim! Thanks for sharing the pictures. I should scan some of my old ones.
Oh man – so awesome. In so many awesome ways. Hair wrap still looks great, in my opinion.
Happy Christmas Miss Zoot and Family! Have a great day
Lady, you look great in that second to last picture (and all the rest, including the teenage one, but especially that one with small E and MrZ).
Merry Christmas to you, too, Fearless One.
You have such a lovely family. Merry Christmas!
All the photos are awesome ~^^~ though the earlier ones r more amusing ~^^~ x =P Merry Christmas~~~xoxo
I like that haircolor!
And those are only mom jeans because our moms were in their 40s and got stuck at that fashion stage. On US, back THEN, they were the absolute height of fashion. And mom jeans are now dark-wash bootcuts.