Family History Photo Monday: Stupid Cupid 1981

I don't know where I got this photo, but it is one of the few (maybe even the only) photo of me with my best friend, Kellie, when we were young.  We did everything together, including dance classes and sports.  Kellie and I thought we looked alike.  One day in first grade (probably around the time of this dance recital) I wore a shirt of Kellie's and she wore one of mine and we changed assigned seats in Mrs. Poulton's class.  Mrs. Poulton let us go the whole day thinking that she couldn't tell the difference (there were 14 kids in the class).  I remember looking across the room and exchanging "tee hee hee" faces with Kellie.  When it came time for a test at the end of the day, Mrs. Poulton said, "Nicole and Kellie please get in your seats."  What?! 

Front row: ?, ?, Cara Cranney, Anna Lee Anderson.  Back row: Jennie Kaye Cranney, Nicole Lee, Kellie Strauss, Stephanie Butcher.

I know I've talked about this before, but it is pretty amazing that Kellie and I are still bff.  That's more than 30 years!  We still talk a few times a week and we somehow ended up with twin boys within a year of each other.  Having that in common is even better than being twinsies in first grade.  Sometimes Kellie is the only person I can talk to.  So, enjoy one of the few images of us as children - me with that sullen expression and Kellie with her sweet smile and we're wearing some kind of pirate dance costume.  I don't think this was the "Stupid Cupid" recital, but since I can still remember some of the steps for that one, I used it for my title today. ("Step - kick - step - kick, side - back - side - dig...")