Sunday, May 25, 2008

Senior Pictures

I debated whether I really wanted to show these pictures on my blog or not. Leiya sent us her senior picture last week and I am as proud as can be about my sweet daughter. In Japan there are no such things as senior pictures. I think Takumi's high school published a high school journal and he is somewhere in one of the class pictures but that is it. A very unsmiling, stiff school uniformed, unflatterning snapshot of all the kids.

Actually Leiya didn't really see the need to go through the rigamarole of getting a formal senior picture taken, but I wanted her to do this and she complied. For fear of being labeled "oya-baka", a doting child-centered parent, I'm displaying Leiya's senior picture.

And worse, (I don't know what you could call me) here is a picture of my own senior picture! You can think of it as comedy. I decided that enough friends and family visit this blog and might get a laugh at the mother-daughter resemblence and while I might pull out Leiya's senior picture from my wallet to show people in the next few months, I'm certainly not going to carry around my senior picture to show people. Back in the drawer this goes!

19 comments:

Nancy said...

Two lovely girls.

n,np

The Calico Quilter said...

Your daughter is lovely, and she takes such a good photograph. From the look of your senior picture, I imagine we are about the same age. Mine is almost identical except the sweater was blue - there's kind of a typical look to formal pictures taken then. Yours is a very good picture too. Your whole family seems to be very photogenic. (I cringe to think that my senior picture is still on display in my mother's house. Yech!)

Chookyblue...... said...

OMG you are sooo alike........two beautiful girls..........

artfilstitch said...

Oh my goodness, you look so much alike. You are both beautiful ladies! I would proudly be a doting parent...:>) (or a doting daughter)

Chocolate Cat said...

Thanks for sharing such beautiful photos.

mamaspark said...

Your daughter is gorgeous, and the apple didn't fall far from the tree! Just beautidul, both of you!

Lindah said...

2 beautiful young women!

Sew Create It - Jane said...

Lovely pictures of you both!

anne bebbington said...

You'd never guess apart from the slightly different hairstyles that you are a generation apart - what a lovely daughter she is - you must be very proud

meggie said...

Your daughter is very beautiful, but so are you!! Two beautiful women!

[michele] said...

You do look a lot alike - and gorgeous!

Christine Thresh said...

I think you should carry around your picture. Your daughter is lucky because she will grow up to be as lovely as you are.

Shelina said...

Both of you are gorgeous! Great photos.

Elaine Adair said...

Thank you for the photos of two lovely girls, a generation apart.

Denise (Nour) said...

Your daughter is beautiful! Congratulations to you all on the occasion of her graduation! Unfortunately I could not view your picture - something wrong with blogger or the internet here in Saudi (I just got back yesterday) Have a great vacation in the US and take lots of pictures!

Mary said...

You both have beautiful smiles.

Congratulations to you all on Leiya's graduation - I can't imagine how hard it must have been to allow her to go so far away for high school.

CONNIE W said...

The photos are both so lovely!

Diane said...

Your daughter is lovely. So are you.

Mrs. Goodneedle said...

Two beautiful ladies; thank you for sharing yourself, your heart.