Celia came home from school this past week with a "Star Student of the Week" project. This project happens to be a poster and is not particularly an honor but more of a getting to know you of sorts for the classroom. I guess. I have to say, I hate these projects. They are supposedly meant for your child's creativity but let's be real, real here. The parents are the ones who have to come up with pictures from their computers, phones and asses. They have to bribe the kid to put more effort in the decoration and please, please! write a rough draft on this poster before you put pen to ink on paper! I have an image to uphold here people! Your handwriting has to be spot on!
In trying to make something out of nothing in 30 minutes flat (because I'm a loser and I kept asking Celia, to wait a minute, a day, or until tomorrow. We ran out of time.) in the category of a place that has inspired her, we, I mean, she, chose Chicago Museum of Art.
Let me stop right here and ask a very important question. Does anyone actually develop pictures anymore? I mean in this digital age where I can take a picture and post it onto Facebook, Twitter, Flickr and have a record of it on my phone and computer (well, sometimes our computer as ours are never backed up and the seem to crash once a year.) who needs to purchase those every space hogging photo albums? Unless you are talking about the last minute, twice a year projects for your girls when you need actual pictures and you repeatedly forget to purchase fresh ink for your photo printer. Say, that reminds me, where exactly is that damn printer anyway? Probably with Buddy #1.
Anyway, the pics chosen for the main topic where kind of hard to find as I really sucked at taking pictures in Chicago this past summer. I was lazy, I'm embarrased to say. I mean, dude, I was too tired to lift my camera as I was really trying to concentrate on not losing a child or lose a shoe in the middle of the street. Priorities people!
Lot's of people have stated they think this is the place at the museum where the infamous scene from "Ferris Bueller's Day Off" was shot. Where Cameron got lost in Seraut's, "Sunday Afternoon in the Park." Oddly enough, I think it was without intent.
Celia's expression seems to be universal.
I also used a picture from the photo shoot, Allison, shot to show the more fun side of Celia.
I do hope Celia looks back and remembers this trip with fondness and joy. I hope she learned something about beauty, culture, art, people, architecture, food and just how colorful life can be.
Even if she has to look at wrinkled poster to remind her.
Love this. And who gives a shit about how the poster turns out. This isn't their doctoral thesis. (I am having to remind myself of this very thing often lately)
Posted by: Stephanie Bice | 29 January 2013 at 12:54 PM
Aren't prints of your photos like $.29 at Walgreen's? Why pay $30 for printer ink when you can just upload them somewhere and pick them up within the hour?
I'm sure both girls will have really excellent memories of your trip to Chicago - who wouldn't? It's a place like nowhere else in the world! (I'm not at all prejudiced about my hometown...some of the parts where it's like nowhere else are not good parts)
And you'd be surprised at how those wrinkled posters stick with you, when the subject matter is right. I still remember doing one about my cousin in kindergarten or 1st grade. The girl who was helping me kept spelling my cousin's name wrong.
Posted by: a | 29 January 2013 at 02:28 PM
And she got to meet me! :)
Posted by: Kristabella | 29 January 2013 at 03:34 PM
That is so funny about who does the projects! As an educator myself I HATE the projects because it is the parents that do it. My oldest son's teacher is making Science Fair optional this year and I LOVE her because of that.
Posted by: MF | 29 January 2013 at 10:20 PM
On facebook the other day, someone had a status about waiting for pictures to develop. I thought I should be carrying around a boombox on my shoudler when I read it.
Posted by: Amanda | 29 January 2013 at 11:10 PM
She is an absolute beauty! Her hair is freakin amazing
Posted by: Alice | 30 January 2013 at 08:39 AM
Delurking to say: I don't develop our pictures, but I have started making photo albums (using Picaboo, but other sites offer the same service) of each year, and giving them to my boys each Christmas. One for each of them, plus a copy for us, of the previous year. I save my calendars to remind me of the events and dates. I never start on time so I am always burning the midnight oil in an attempt to make that last shipping date but my sons have said it is their favorite present, and they look forward to them each year. I am just happy to have the motivation to *do* something with the damn things, with the illusion that I have one tiny corner of my life somewhat organized. Now for the boxes of photos in the attic, developed before there were digital cameras... Some day I will scan them all in and do the same thing...
Posted by: Kris | 31 January 2013 at 05:26 AM
Your daughters are both gorgeous. I've always wondered how you pronounce their names... I'm assuming Celia is "see-lee-uh" but I'm not sure about Moira. "More-eee-ruh? Mo-eye-ruh? Moy-ra?"
Posted by: Becka | 31 January 2013 at 11:19 AM
I haven't printed out anything non work related since Max was born. I'm hoping to change that this year or at least start making some books. PS. I think both of those photos sum up Celia perfectly! xo
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