Then and Now

Luke needed to turn in two pictures for the school yearbook. The 8th graders are asked to submit two lookalike photos for a section called "Then and Now".  The idea is to pick a photo from when kiddo was little, and then re-create it as closely as possible so everyone can see how much they've grown.  Luke's photos:

Then - November 2002.  Just over 4 years old and barely two months into preschool,  he is sitting with Henrietta who is about 3 months old.  She and her brother were new to our household; Luke named them Toby and Henrietta after his favorite things on earth -- Thomas the Tank Engine trains. Toby was a Tram Engine and Henrietta his coach.

Now - January 2012. He's 13 1/2 and heading to high school.  Henrietta and Toby turned 9 last fall, and the beloved trains have been handed down to his little brothers.  (That doesn't stop him from playing with them, though -- now he builds "Thomas set-ups" for them.)