Attack of the Clones
Jan 14th, 2008 | By Mike | Category: Humor Central, Proud PapaAm I writing about a popular Sci-Fi movie? Hardly!
The pictures you see above are not an age progression of one child, but rather a collage of all my kids at around the same age. These pictures might not do this post’s intention justice, but in the flesh, their resemblance to each other, and me at the same age, is astoundingly uncanny. (Top daughter#2-2007, Middle Son#1-cir. 2000, Bottom Daughter#1-cir. 1992)
A few months ago daughter#1 sent me this picture via text message. She said it reminded her of us as we walked through the mall. People usually do double-takes when we walk by, and smile. All my kids look like me (poor things), and that’s a bad thing for the kids since I’m rough-looking, and rather swarthy.
Back in the spring of ‘92 (darn, that sounds like so long ago), I drew a sketch of my first born (born just a few weeks earlier), but had no pictures with me, and all I had to work with was a sketch pad, some pencils and a rearview mirror. Looking in the mirror, I sketched my face on a baby’s head and body. I took it home hoping to get a chuckle from my wife(now my ex-wife), and got an “Oh…..My….God!” instead. It was pretty accurate. I was rummaging around the basement a few days ago and happened to find the old sketch. I think that this could easily be any one of my kids. You be the judge.
Like any teenager, daughter#1 is pretty obsessed with looking good. I always chide her that she is looking at her future when she looks at me. In 25 years she will be a balding, paunchy, hairy-backed, ogre of a woman (Shudder). She is not amused.
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January 14th, 2008 at 4:27 pm
Hey now, no teenager wants to think they look like their parents. But it is fun to let them know they’ll ACT exactly like us when they have kids!
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January 14th, 2008 at 5:38 pm
@damonm55,
Ain’t that the truth!
January 15th, 2008 at 1:40 pm
Clones. Nice! I am breeding an army. A new look at life. LOL.
January 15th, 2008 at 11:58 pm
Great blog! You’ve got a great looking family!
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January 16th, 2008 at 10:22 am
No matter how bald, hairy or paunchy you might say you are, the fact is that you make some very pretty babies. 10 on the “AWWWWW” meter.
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January 16th, 2008 at 2:01 pm
@Joe,
I need to get my X and Y Chromosomes right. So far I’ve got 2 girls and one boy. I thought clones were supposed to be exact duplicates. What does that mean I wonder?
Oh well….back to the drawing board.
January 16th, 2008 at 2:02 pm
@Kris, SWC,
That’s so nice of both of you to say. Thank you!
January 16th, 2008 at 7:21 pm
daddy we still have to go to that star wars convention.
lol we have to show them what a real “attack of the clones”
looks like
January 17th, 2008 at 6:38 am
Sweetie, I think they’ll still be doing those darn conventions in 25 years. By then your beautiful hair would have migrated from your head to your back, then we’d really look alike. And another “plus”, if we can’t find any Stormtrooper outfits we can always go as Jabba.
Love, Dad
January 20th, 2008 at 2:11 am
Love the sketch! And no, you don’t want to attend any SW convention; take it from someone whose worked at three… unless you LOVE to stand in line for hours while doing a great impersonation of a sardine, that is…
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January 20th, 2008 at 7:07 am
Look how sweet those faces are! I’m surprised you don’t have ten kids, just to keep those baby faces staying around. So cute.
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January 20th, 2008 at 2:28 pm
@ Maureen,
Thanks for the heads up.
@ General Nonsense aka cardiogirl,
Thanks, I think they’re cute too. When I was younger I wanted to have 5 kids (I come from a pretty large family). Alas, the ups and downs of life got in the way, and I’ve gotten too old. There are 7 years between each kid. I want to be practical about how old I am when the last kid leaves the nest.
Thank you both for commenting.