Have you still got your AC school books and drawings etc

My solution was to photograph letters, reports, photo, gifts (I’m a preschool teacher) and cards was to take a photo of each one, sometimes I would cut the card in two, place it side by side so I could photograph the front and the inside. All these are now stored on my computer, cloud drive and copied to make sure I never lose them.

I have kept some precious stuff but it helped me thin things out and dispose of without the guilt and I regularly look at my ‘Memories’ folder now it is easily accessed on my computer. I hope this helps someone as I know it’s agonising deciding what stays and goes!

I have every card my son and grandsons have given me plus numerous school paintings (a word of advise here, I now am not sure who drew what so writing something on the back would have helped). I love to sometimes look at them.

I’ve recently given my son’s Peter Rabbit “baby book” to him and his wife. She loves matching his progress with that of their new baby boy. He’s remarkably similar! I’m so glad I kept it.

DS's description, with accompanied drawings, of DH and I,when he was 7, is a thing of joy, which is now in a clipframe in my study.
So there I am, with bright yellow hair and wearing a mini dress, and while all the other mums make 'caks', he wrote "my mummy doesn't make the caks, she buys them and they are nice"
OH, tho, that ultra-conservative bloke, is depicted wearing a pair of skin tight trousers in diamond patterned highly coloured trousers, which prompted an American mother to sidle up to him and whisper "say! Do you really have a pair of pants like that?" He's a nice daddy tho (despite his dodgy fashion sense) who "liks to stay up leyt and drink wine"

I’ve kept a lot of my AC reports and pictures in special boxes. I keep asking them to take them home but they “forget”
Came across a report of my own last week. I was eight and under the comments the head teacher had written “ she is retarded in maths” Felt quite upset!

Yes I have kept lots of things Christmas, birthday, mothers day cards, shawl knitted by my mother, Christening gown, first baby shoes, and two tutus.

One of my grandsons is an artist, quite successful, so I have kept some of his paintings and drawings in the hope that one day they may be quite valuable although that is not the main reason.

I have all of my DD’s reports and most of DS’s. They aren’t particularly interested in having them back. There are some exercise books of DS’s which show his capabilities in English and History but he seemed to have got rid of the rest somewhere between his boarding school on the day he left, and home! DD’s dissertation is still kicking about in the loft, and some of her sixth form work. The things I particularly liked to have were things they made at school. A wooden spatula and a Perspex keyring made by DD, and a spectacle case she made in needlework, which was never her strong suit, that I still use it to this day; and a wooden watch stand made by DS, and some metal thing we never quite worked out the purpose of and neither did he, but it’s impressive in its own way?! We have one of DH’s school reports too. We’ll gloss over that!

Of course, I couldn’t throw them away.

phoenix what can I say
So very very sorry.
A big hug. xxx

I kept all my children's 'best' artworks etc in a large box in the loft. 20 years later my daughter became a teacher and seized on them for ideas for her lessons! We spent a wonderful afternoon going through them together.

What does AC stand for? C? Children/cbild? A?
It's not in Acronyms.

Now I’m feeling guilty.
Just yesterday we burnt DD1’s Uni notes. She is 47 now and lives in Australia. She would never have been interested in them again and didn’t want them.
After reading about all the lovely things that some GNetters make I decided to revamp our Christmas swags so sent DH up to the loft. He just kept passing boxes down and the notes were in there.
We do have lots of fun and interesting bits and pieces that mean something to all of us.
I hope you have those too Phoenix?

I didn't keep any of my son's school reports as they always made for such depressing reading. Happily this didn't hold them back in the real world as they both went on to have good jobs and degrees in their chosen field as mature students - course fees all paid for by their employers.

woodmouse, AC stands for adult children.

Ahh, I wondered what the A meant too

Phoenix how sad for you.

I have kept almost everything from the DDs from birth onwards. One or two things from DD2's school craft club got very dusty and were falling apart so I photographed them before throwing them out. All my grammar school books from 1959-1966 are under the stairs and colleg stuff is probably still in the loft. My parents didn't keep all my school reports which is disappointing.

I have all my sons school reports, school tie. My School leaving Certificate, Pittman’s shorthand and typing certificates. My WAAF and husband’s paybooks, every letter he wrote me when we were parted during the war. Ration and clothing .books. Etc

Phoenix. He will never grow old. Big hugs x

I have an artificial Christmas tree that I used to decorate with all dc school work cards paintings etc. When they became teenagers they begged me not to do it anymore as it embarrassed them. Now they have children of their own.. guess what............

I have given things like that to my children. Had I not moved so many times, I might have kept some of the items with me.

No, definitely not. Too much cluttering up.

I have binned virtually everything. It is a habit, which I sometimes regret! But do have a mountain of photos, from the days when we got a set of prints, that I can’t face going through and editing content.

We have a big folder of DS2 'technical drawings', that he did when very young. He loved detail and I thought they were clever.
But, his college stuff, went a few years ago, after a loft clear out.
DS1 was also a bit of an artist, and I still have the notes and pictures that he sent to my mum and dad. When his daughter visited a few weeks ago, we got down the albums and she and her new husband were fascinated that we still had them.
(DH still carries, in his wallet, one of DS1's pictures)

I have no children, but I have to admit I am NOT a hoarder, as my dad kept a great deal of what I consider junk. He hated throwing anything out and tended to be a hoarder, so I have nothing from my nephews' childhoods but pictures.