Then & Now

Cindy here!  I am a huge fan of layouts that show people doing the same thing over time. Then-and-Now, or Young-Me-Now-Me, or whatever else you want to call it, I love them!  

The first Then-and-Now layout I ever made was Big Boy.  I showed my then-4-year-old son Trevor a picture of himself holding onto our baby gate at 10 months, then snapped a picture of him doing the same thing at age 4.  Thanks to our rabbit Trouble, we still have our baby gate up, so I'm going to continue to take pictures of Trevor at that gate every few years!

My biggest Then-and-Now undertaking was at my 20th high school reunion.  I brought a picture of seven of us from 8th grade graduation, rounded up 6 of the 7 (the 7th didn't go to our high school), and had another friend take a picture of us in the same position as we'd done 24 years earlier.

Here are two that are more recent.  In Trevor & Grandma, the pictures were taken 5.5 years apart.  In Family Movie Night, the pictures are 4 years apart. 

 

 

While Then-and-Now layouts with a huge timespan between pictures are really fun, you don't have to wait years for an effective Young-Me-Now-Me.  Here's Trevor on the first and last days of kindergarten.  Even though the pictures are only 9 months apart, you can see a lot of changes and growth.

 

The pictures in "Homework" were taken during the 1st and 34th weeks of kindergarten.  Not only can you see a lot of change in Trevor, but if you look closely you can see that the homework has gotten more difficult!

 

 What do you think?  Are you a fan of Then-and-Now?