<p>jym-We used “Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow”.</p>
<p>Congrats to all the decision makers! Kitkat, I think you have a decision, but isn’t it really hard to let the others go? S made his decision awhile ago but I wasn’t able to send in the “no thanks” notices until yesterday. I wish he could attend them all.</p>
<p>Confucius ----- “Wherever you go, go with all your heart.”</p>
<p>Thanks for the oatmeal, acme. Hmmm, steel-cut oats - now I know what I’ve been missing - usually, I just use the packets.</p>
<p>Great quotes everyone - loved the pirates one, bethievt.</p>
<p>Harriet - I love that idea. I wish I was better about keeping up with my pictures!</p>
<p>For the ad, we put in a picture of S with his best friend since age 2–hey, they are dressed up as pirates–poring over a treasure map, with the caption, “It’s been one big play date”.</p>
<p>At this point, I don’t know WHAT would constitute good news. Woke up again at 4 am this morning all in a lather- I just hope the poor kid isn’t agonizing as much over this as I am. I realize its all part of growing up - learning that you don’t always get what you want, learning how to accept things gracefully, and of course learning how to make the most of your decisions.</p>
<p>Our S wasn’t happy about us choosing a picture of him for yearbook page. Would never have let us put a baby picture in. We finally found a couple of cool pics of him playing music or something as I recall(we did this very last minute and it was a race to find something usable) that he approved.
But I love the idea of “we’re behind you”-- must save and shamelessly copy for S2 who has been a bit of a daredevil in his life so far!</p>
<p>acme - What made it easy for S to say yes to a toddler picture was that his high school “strongly recommended” that everyone use a toddler or under 8 picture so everyone will have a chance to see them as “youngsters.” Youngsters? Talk about a relative term.</p>
<p>Our only opportunity to submit baby pics, etc. and some words of wisdom would be if we had bought an ad in the yearbook, which we didn’t do for D two years ago, and didn’t want to seem inegalitarian in buying one for S this year (although we do have some choice pictures of him, including one covered in chocolate pudding). I don’t know what we would have done about a quote either. Most everyone here just uses a quote from the Bible. Now I’m feeling a bit guilty that I didn’t get my act together two years ago to buy a page (or at least part of one) for my D so that I could also have done one for S. At least at this part of their lives, they couldn’t care less. Perhaps when they’re showing their yearbooks to their own children some day they’ll question why their parents didn’t take out ads for them. One more thing to discuss with the therapist in midlife. . . .</p>
<p>My son is EIC of the yearbook, and the yearbook staff gets to select a “personal” quote. He’s used quotes from Dwight from “The Office” the past two years (I can’t remember which quotes – there are a lot of great ones), and from Kenneth from “30 Rock” this year (not sure what the final selection was). </p>
<p>Oh, and jym626, my S decided to go to Williams. He decided against the southern schools and opted to become acquainted with snow, which he’s probably seen fewer than 5 times in his life.</p>
<p>Best of luck to those still deciding. It’s really too bad April isn’t one of those 31-day months.</p>
<p>Hi all, I have not been very very active on this thread, but I do look in on it every few days, and have certainly have been enjoying the appetizers, breakfast bars and company! Our dear D has still not decided on a school…and May 1is Thursday!! Is anyone else’s student in the same boat? We have visited the schools again, she has asked many questions, looked at dorm rooms, spoken to students & profs, etc. Now she is being very quiet, clearly mulling it all over. I am telling myself that she will be fine wherever she goes, and I do think that is true…it would simply be different college experiences. I am certainly glad is it not up to me to decide though, because it truly is her life, her future. Is anyone else sitting with their child now on the brink of this decision?</p>
<p>We are still up in the air too - down to the final two. I am a nervous wreck. I think he is less so - so I vent to you guys about it but not to him!</p>
<p>Our high school ran a slide show with lots of pictures of them little. In our district (teeny tiny) they start together in pre-K and continue through 12th, all the same group of 80 + unless people come in (they do – S was one; private school through 5th.) So the pictures are of lots of them together without teeth, etc. Then they send a prom packet that includes this on a disc. D had fun showing the girls in her dorm her whole prom. No one could believe how elaborate it is.</p>
<p>For year book I showed a picture of D wearing his sisters fake, red plastic glasses (no lens – just air) and holding a book of quantum theory upside down, “reading” it. He was in a reading position and had picked up the book himself.</p>
<p>Quote: “God does not play dice with the universe.” Albert Einstein. Then I added, “Or does She?” Mom.</p>
<p>He’s wearing stripped one piece cotton garment, can’t remember what I called them. A particular brand we liked. The stripes were in blues, greens, turquoises, not that the black and white picture showed that, but the collars highlighted S’s turquoise eyes and tousled very blond curls (no longer, alas, eyes, yes.)</p>
<p>We are lucky; H is a professional photographer and his photographs are perfect. I have about twenty albums of the kids. Really good work.</p>
<p>wedgedrive–sure sounds like your daughter is maturely looking at her choices, something to be proud of in and of itself. not being able to picture where they will be is hard-- because we know they won’t be home. sigh…</p>
<p>good luck kitkat–rooting for your son and a good outcome…he always sounds pretty confident that he will be just fine. hairy process though</p>
<p>All this talk about baby pics and yearbook quotes is making me nostalgic. Our kids submit quotes (or rambling comments punctuated by the shorthand du jour…bff, lol, etc.) for the yearbook that go with their senior picture. My kids chose quotes ranging from Dr. Seuss, to Churchill to Bukowski. We (parents) also buy ads for the yearbook and for each of mine I had a baby picture and a recent picture accompanied by a short para that I knew might mean nothing to the general public, but would be meaningful to my kids. For instance, for my middle son it read, “just one more minute mom”…since that was what he said to me every morning of his high school career as I woke him for school…sort of like inside family jokes! But I hope they’ll still get it 20 years from now.
Funny how time flies…I was on the phone all night trying to make hotel reservations for college graduation NEXT MAY for that boy. And already my favorite hotel in town was booked. Oy…</p>
<p>wedgedrive and kitkat82: It will be over soon. Have some oatmeal. Or pommegranate juice – good for stress.</p>
<p>kitkat: You must be so angry at these schools for dangling you. The nerve! I would be, and you must also feel so helpless. That’s what wakes you up, I think. Just ease into it because these rude offices do have you over a bit of a barrel, but it will be over soon.</p>
<p>My daughter decided on Gettysburg. She told me two nights ago that she thought it woud be Gettysburg, and then last night I asked if that was definite or was she still thinking, and she said it was definite. So I have the envelope with me to mail today, although I’m a little sad about it…</p>
<p>As for yearbooks… the kids get to pick a couple of pictures. D picked one of her and her dad vacuuming together when she was little, and the yearbook staff cropped out her Dad! She was kind of upset - “now it’s just a stupid picture of a little kid vacuuming!”. Then I think there’s one of she and I, but I haven’t seen it.</p>
<p>For her yearbook ad, I didn’t put in a quote from anyone famous, I wrote ‘you’ve made me proud - now go make yourself happy’. It was all I could come up with at the time, and now I worry that it sounds selfish, like it’s all about ME first. But there it is…</p>
<p>Good morning, all!</p>
<p>I have finally caught up; man, you folks can yak!! (Yeah, yeah, me, too! 
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<p>Okay, May 1 is right around the corner. I know some of you still await a decision, but while you’re waiting, how about making another decision?</p>
<p>Elegant or downhome barbeque for the vigil virtual May 1 bash? THAT’S the question!</p>
<p>Oh, heck, let’s do both, and add a luau, too. :D</p>
<p>jude, congrats! And congrats to all who have gotten decisions out of their offspring in the past couple of days! Gettysburg, Colby… let the window-sticking begin!</p>
<p>Yes, I am frustrated and feel like we are getting the runaround. Its ok to say no. Just tell us! Trust me - I am far more of a wreck than #2 son is over this.</p>
<p>Congrats on your D’s decision, jude.</p>
<p>Kitkat — have you asked for or received extensions of time in which to decide? It seems that if the schools are dragging their feet they ought to allow you more time. They can’t reasonably expect you to make an informed decision without full information.</p>
<p>kitkat, virtual tea and very real sympathy for you. </p>
<p>nceph, is your sn prophetic re your son? Or descriptive, of you? Or am I way off base altogether? I keep seeing it as NC Eph. In any case, congratulations on your son’s choice!</p>
<p>jude, Gettysburg is in the same athletic conference as D’s school, so I see Gburg students now and again (home and away games), and I must say, those kids always look happy. Your sadness is understandable but I’m sure she’s making the choice for reasons that will turn out to have been good ones.</p>
<p>owlice, welcome back! And yes, all of the above. Downhome bbq + elegant dinner + luau. Any volunteers for firedancers? :::steps back from the line:::</p>