Way to go, Phillies! Here's proof that it has been a loooong time since they last won the World Series (1980):
That snarling boy with the horrible teeth and Phillies cap in the front of the photo? That would be me. Hey, Mom - thanks so much for those super-short haircuts. Looking like a girl is so overrated, anyway.
On the bright side, you actually paid for an official Phillies hat for me. Megan and Peter had to tape a drawing of the Phillies "P" onto their knitted caps.
P.S. No, that is not Danny Partridge on the right side of the photo. That's Erin.
Oh my goodness, this was too funny and a great shot!
Posted by: Gabreial | October 30, 2008 at 11:23 AM
That photo is SO GREAT and reminds me of pics of me and all my cousins when we were little. We're SO excited for the Phils! We really miss being back in Philly. We watched Action News online last night because there was almost no coverage here in DC on our news.
Posted by: Jersey Girl in DC | October 30, 2008 at 01:22 PM
Wow, now that's a throwback. =)
Posted by: young c-m | October 30, 2008 at 01:32 PM
Our mother's must have been seperated at birth. She too, thought that looking like a girl was overrated. My butch haircut was complimented by me running around in the summertime without a shirt on (at least until I was 8).
Go Phillies!
Posted by: Jessica K. | October 30, 2008 at 05:01 PM
Love the photo. I too endured short hair cuts...I think they were supposed to be the Dorothy Hamill doo. Up until about sixth grade I was often referred to as a boy...so embarrassing.
happpy halloween
Posted by: laurie | October 31, 2008 at 03:30 PM
Oh Collie! Where did you find that picture?
Posted by: farmerswife | November 01, 2008 at 11:21 PM
Luv your blog and I joined your facebook group. Great pics.
Posted by: Caroline | November 02, 2008 at 09:47 AM
Colleen, did you ever think that sometimes bad things are done for good reasons? Take me,for instance,I kept my kids hair short because they came down with cooties two years in a row. It was just easier that way.
Your mother sounds like a saint to me.
Love your blog.
Posted by: Eileen | November 03, 2008 at 07:22 AM
Eileen is funny. good one. i am laughing out loud. Hey Col- Isn't our mom's name Eileen? That's a coincidence.
Posted by: Erin | November 03, 2008 at 09:06 AM
Thanks, Mom, for telling the freshvintage world we had cooties. Maybe it should be stated that we got cooties once because someone stopped our 1975 green station wagon to pick up a random baseball hat off the street (Bay Avenue in Brigantine, NJ). Of course, all of us fought over that hat which was infested with cooties. LOL.
Posted by: Heather | November 03, 2008 at 10:32 AM
Now that is a classic pic! I don't remember that but I have vague memories of driving around with a tin-foil Stanley Cup.
Posted by: Gabby | November 03, 2008 at 06:18 PM
ROFL!
I only had to endure the short haircut for one year. To make it sound more appealing my mother called it a "Pixie Cut". I hated it.
And I never had cooties. I was protected throughout my childhood by writing "cootie proof" on my hand.
Blondie
PS I would so totally love to come to your antique fair, wish I didn't live 3000 miles away.
Posted by: Blondie | November 10, 2008 at 06:16 PM