The Annual Pumpkin Picture
Not unlike the annual birthday photo (where I wear the same top and shorts [or at least the same color shorts/skirt] along with jewelry that I wore the day my son was born), the annual pumpkin photo started for no real reason. It just happened. And now it's (sort of) tradition. (Although I don't think we did it last year, my son's first year in college. Or if we did, I can't find the photo. Of course I have A LOT of photos. If I recall correctly (and I'll admit my memory is getting shakier as I age, something that I am NOT thrilled with), it was AFTER Halloween when my husband took the first photo of my toddler son and I with pumpkins. I say this because my son and I are wearing the same thing that we wore for our first family photo with Santa. (That's a tradition that I really miss.) I'm assuming this photo was taken the same day (after we visited Santa) which would have been mid-November of 2006, right before Thanksgiving. It was warm enough fo