Hannah's Big Adventure: Four girls and life goes on

For Hanukkah, my sister Rachel gave each of us a bound book of pictures of the four of us. I loved it… though it was hilarious to watch each of us look at the book and zero right in on all of the negatives. Myself included. Ew, look at that outfit. Oy, look at my weight. Oh my god, my hair! But my overriding feeling was… there are more photos. And so began the never ending search for more pictures of the four Olanoff girls.

And then I found a couple. I love these pictures. They are period pieces at their very best.

This first one is taken in my living room, my father taking the photo. Where my ruffly princess nightgown came from, I can only guess. Check out… well, everything!

This next one is sort of classic from my childhood. My dad worked for the city of Philadelphia and we were often able to meet celebrities visiting Philadelphia. Clearly Prince Charming, Winnie the Pooh and -- and who is that other character – are clearly celebrities, in our eyes at least. I do love my sister Rachel’s cheek curls. You just know she spent some time on that hair do.

Then there’s this gem. Clearly in our back yard in the old house in Mt. Airy. One of my favorite things about old photos is what else you see in the photo. In the background (white blob, upper right) you can see an old boat that had once been seaworthy but had been in our backyard all of my life. The Pearlie May. My sister and I used to play on it as a playhouse – when we dared, and were clearly slightly younger than this photo. Also, see that orange car? That could be my brother in law's car -- and the one on which he taught me to drive. Could be. It's the right color.