Annie plates

[netmouse]

Annie plates
Originally uploaded by netmouse.

What do you do with stuff like this? I'll never want to serve on it, or put it on display. Is it enough to record it for posterity? My mother has saved them for me for decades. Now I have them. But I find them embarrassing. And I feel they will just take up space and be dead weight to move around when I move.

What to do?

Do you save stuff like this done by your kids?

Comments

[mrissa.livejournal.com]

My mom saved a bunch of stuff I'd done. But it was a mix of things she wanted and things she didn't know if I would want. When they moved house in early '06, we went through ruthlessly, and there was no problem if both of us said, "What would we ever do with that?" and threw it away or put it in a garage sale or gave it to Goodwill.

I think that parents are probably somewhat more likely to be sentimental about kids' early efforts than the kids themselves are. There are some exceptions -- my cousin howled when my aunt accidentally broke a kindergarten project of hers last year, and my cousin is 31. But for the most part I don't think it's wise to expect someone to keep stuff like that from their own childhood. It's far more likely to be, "Huh, look at that!" or even, "I remember doing that!" and then into the trash with them. And there's nothing wrong with that.

[mrissa.livejournal.com]

Also, the photograph of it is a record of what you did as a kid without having that record take up four plates' worth of space.

[laurel]

Yeah. With some stuff it's best to photograph them well and then move on. If some other relative or friend wants 'em, let 'em have 'em, otherwise ditch them I guess.