There are lots of things to be learned from the baby picture contest currently going on at work. Today was the last day to bring your picture...the contest will be held Monday.
Scenario: Bring in your baby picture (0-5 years old)...it gets put onto the bulletin board...with no name...
Objective: Be the one to correctly match the most baby pictures to your co-workers.
This is what I learned:
1. I learned that EVERYONE loves baby pictures! There were about 45 pictures on the bulletin board today, and at all times you couldn't walk past it without five or six people standing there, admiring the pictures and puzzling out who was who. Not much work was done today, unless you count the intense studying of the bulletin board.
2. I learned that it doesn't matter how old you get...Just about everyone, including me, got their baby pictures by asking their mother to get one out for them.
3. I learned that great memories can come unexpectedly...I experienced another sweet moment with my grandparents and my great-aunt, when I went over to see if my grandma might have a different picture that my mom didn't. We started looking at REALLY old pictures, of my great-great and three greats grandparents! It was great to hear some stories that I'd never heard before.
4. I learned that I could feel a little sad over the loss of a name...Up until I started Kindergarten, everyone called me Shelly...and then suddenly stopped. I don't remember when everyone called me Shelly, and it's always disconcerting to meet someone from my parent's past who doesn't know that my name has changed..."Shelly?"... "No, Michelle". My grandfather on my dad's side was the only one who refused to change names, he called me Shelly until the day he died.
The point is, I pulled out one of my baby pictures and got quite a shock when I turned it over and it said, Shelly, 1 1/2 years.
Who? Oh right, that's me...
5. I learned that if I'm going to enter a baby contest and try to stump people, I need to think a little smarter. I picked out a picture that looked completely different from me now...I THOUGHT. The picture I picked was me at three years old...with blond hair and bangs, not like me at all now!
So I confidently took the picture in, sure that no one would know it was me. But guess what? EVERYONE knew it was me. People from all over the floor were coming to me...hey Michelle, you're #40, right?
What gave me away?
MY OWN DAUGHTER, apparently, if you listen to anyone that has ever seen my blond-haired, blue eyed daughter, or the pictures of her on my desk!
So...to stump people on the baby pictures...It would be a good idea to try NOT to enter the picture that shows you as a lookalike to your child! You WILL be found out!
This contest hasn't even started, and it has been great fun so far!
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I LOVED this entry!!! You had me smiling thru the whole thing!! And how cute is that, that your daughter looks just like you as a child!! :)
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awww how cute! I love games like this. I bet you had some wonderful memories going through all the old photos...shelly ;)
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HUGS,
~Angel
Sounds like it was great fun and a great way to get to know one another.
ReplyDeleteIt was so fun when we did this at my old job. We had one Asian guy and one black guy...it was so funny that those two photos were the only two that everyone got correct. ;-)
ReplyDeleteI will call you Shelly, would you like me to call you Shelly. I wanted everyone to call me Kathy when I was young and my mother would not allow it. Now when asked what I want to be called, I say, Who cares, as long as it is not B****, CU**, or SL**! LOL!
ReplyDeleteyou might what to to take a brake
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