<p>I hadn’t thought about pictures until I saw a Walmart commercial recently with a two boys moving into a dorm. On top of the first boy’s box of belongings is a photo of the boy and his mom. The boys looks embarassed. Boy two comes in room and he too has picture of him and his mom and shows boy one. They all smile. Made me teary-eyed. I’m teary alot right now. I must get together with S and take a picture with him even know I hate to take pictures. I want him to know that I will always be his biggest fan!
Anyone else planning on taking a picture with S or D to take to college?</p>
<p>Well, not exactly. Each of our sons has a picture of the family dog displayed on their desks at college. :)</p>
<p>No, but I have a picture on my desk of D and myself, taken on the day she left for college. Of course my H waited until the last minute to take it, so I am teary-eyed, but I look at it often when she is gone.</p>
<p>Actually, I have pics of my kids next to the sign that says the name of their college…taken when they were dropped off as freshman. I then have another of DS in his cap and gown four years later…same spot.</p>
<p>DD has family photos. BUT she put them together, we didn’t. When DS moved into his first apartment, we put together pics of DH, sis, and me…and popped them into a frame. Also one of the cat.</p>
<p>I sent S1 a pic of our family when he was a freshman,never have seen it among his possessions since. He has tons of pics of him and his friends all over his bedroom walls though.
I’m pretty sure S2 is not interested either. It’s prob. a guy thing.</p>
<p>I have all kinds of pics of them on the frig.</p>
<p>I sent DS to college with a 5 x 7 in a plain frame of the four of us (DS, DD, DH & me) taken at his HS graduation. Every time I’ve visited him, it’s been displayed in the corner of his shelf. Maybe he only puts it up when he knows I’m coming… but I think that would be too much effort. I think he sticks it there and ignores it.</p>
<p>Also, my mom found a picture of DS at age 2, sitting on the brick wall at the entrance to the college with the college’s name below him. He’s wearing a t-shirt from the college. (DH and I are alum). Mom had the picture blown up to 8 x 10 and sent it to him, and he hung it on his bulletin board. His female friends with love it.</p>
<p>My son loves photos. He will be taking several to school, including a family one. I am also working on a small album of photos of family and friends that he can have with him to show others.</p>
<p>I’m having everyone in the immediate extended family to give me a few (less than 10) pictures and I’m going to put them in a photo album which we will give to my daughter at her family going away party. We’re a largeish immediate family (around 20), I’m the youngest of four so there are cousins and cousins kids and we see each other A LOT (ask my husband!) during the year so I thought this would be a nice family gathering. She’ll have the pictures if she wants to see them or share them but not displayed as a constant reminder which might bring about some homesickness.</p>
<p>I put together collage prints for D and several of her friends with pictures from their high school years. I knew that most would not not have a lot of those pictures. I figured that since most were flying to their colleges, a single, flat picture would be easy to travel with and a nice remembrance of their friends/high school years. D will also take one as well as as several small frames/cork squares.</p>
<p>I did put together a photo album for each S as a h.s grad. gift. They contain pics fr. birth to h.s grad. I also did another for S2 with pics/newspaper articles, programs fr. his senior football season. Both liked the albums and seemed appreciatve but did not take them to college.</p>