Ah, growing up with your siblings. We bet you have piles of photo albums lying around your parents’ house, documenting your best childhood adventures, awkward stages, silly antics, and weird facial expressions. Recreating those moments is not only a perfect nostalgic gift for your loved ones, but it also allows you to act like a worry-free child once again. Below is a collection of entertaining before and after photos of children vs their adult selves, decades later.
Laundry Nostalgia
Childhood is the best part of life, and there’s no one who can deny the ease and simplicity of being a worry-free youth. What’s funny is most of us don’t realize how easy we once had it until we look back on nostalgic moments of our younger years.
Here are some entertaining before and after photos of children and their adult selves, decades later. By the looks of this snap, Jane’s laundry obsession began before she was out of diapers.
Bath Time Madness
Taking a bath with our siblings was always a fun time, filled with infinite soap bubbles and water splashed all over the bathroom floor. Unfortunately, most of us were too innocent to realize that mom was documenting every shameful moment, later to be used as a form of family-blackmail.
These wild brothers have a great sense of humor and instead of shredding this embarrassing photo to pieces, they made an adorable parody instead. They may have outgrown the tub, but they’re still the same adventurous boys they were 21 years ago…
Forever Petty
Some people’s petty side only starts to come out during their teenage years, but we’re pretty sure Miranda knew she was a straight up baller from the moment she exited her mother’s womb.
Nothing says I don’t give an “F” more than a flick of the middle finger and a shot of whiskey to top it off. At 6 years old, she was the gangster of the neighborhood and as you can see, nothing has changed since then. Here’s to not giving a darn!
Throwback Onesie
Raising a nutjob like Joey wasn’t an easy job for his parents. Although the star of this photo received two degrees from a couple of prestigious universities and became a respected lawyer, he has always stayed true to his wacky and wild self.
In honor of his 29th birthday, Joey climbed into a white onesie and created a collage of him at 7 years old and him twenty years later. We don’t know if we should laugh or cry…
Bodyless Heads
A family beach day is no fun if you don’t spend hours creating sand castles that will, in time, be washed off the shore. When building temporary kingdoms by the sea becomes boring, you can always resort to burying yourself in a coffin of sand and startling people passing by with your bodyless head.
We all need a partner in crime to get the trick done and Sofia and Brian were always a great prankster duo. Ten years later, the mischievous siblings dug another hole in the sand and relived their epic days of being buried in the grains.
Little? Not For Long…
Once upon a time, tiny Tommy, in the red striped shirt, would tell his bigger brothers to pick on someone their own size. 35 years and ten shirt sizes later, the small boy evolved into a strong mature man, eventually outgrowing his two older siblings.
Age may just be a number, but height and weight matter. Nowadays, tiny Tommy hovers almost a head over his oldest brother, outweighs him by 40 pounds, and can easily beat the crap out of both of them.
Fatherly Cuddles
This is not the first time we’ve seen a dad fall asleep on the job. Videos and memes of dads slacking off have become viral on the internet, and to be honest, it’s kind of funny.
On the left, you have father Frank squeezing in a little snooze as baby Mathew waits patiently for his mother to come home and feed him. Years later, Frank is still slacking off from his daddy-duties, however providing warm cuddles to his 32-year-old son.
Back Seat Memories
The annual trip to Disney World was always the Johnson family’s favorite vacation. For the kids, that is. As the for the parents, breaking up back seat arguments and putting up with overheated and starving children wasn’t the ideal getaway.
But these are the sacrifices a parent must make, right? Now, in a slightly more modern van, the adult siblings climb into the back seats and embark on another nostalgic trip to Disney World. And what would the adventure be worth if a then and now photo wasn’t captured to document the moment?
The Airplane Age
Don’t lie, you loved when your mom would swoop you up and dangle you in the air with her feet. For a second there, we thought both the kids on the right were actually being supported by their mom, but if you look closer, you can see it’s an illusion.
Although mom has kept her good looks alive, she has gotten older and naturally, isn’t as strong as she used to be. Thankfully, the boys made her job easier by using the kitchen counter and a handstand to hold them up.
Family Quirks
Every family has their own quirks, but some are simply more out there than others. Decades after the left polaroid was taken, you can still find unamused Papa Phil chilling on his chair and reading the newspaper.
Annoyed with his wild children who are trying to get him to partake in a silly family photo, he rolls his eyes in dismay and that’s when the flash goes off. Although brother Frank, on the right, used to be the king of speedos, we’re not sure how cute the look is today…
Captain Zack
These pictures show the same exact River and the same exact boy, just 25 years apart. After not visiting the riverside for decades, Zack’s parents organized a family getaway that would take place at their favorite spot.
Zack was the brother who had an odd obsession with Popeye the Sailor and every time his family went to the riverside, he’d throw on a white sailor hat and ask his dad to take pictures of him flexing his invisible muscles. Although Zack’s aspirations have evolved over the years, his dream of meeting Popeye is still relevant.
Swapping Sides
The circle of life is a difficult thing to fathom. As people get older, they become more dependent on their children and all of a sudden, positions swap. A child who was used to be dependent on his parents ends up becoming their primary caretaker.
Once a strong man, holding on to his boy’s little hand, Sullivan now leans on his son for help. Although pops has developed some wrinkles, he’s still rocking the same suit style and is extremely grateful to have his son by his side.
Baby-Stinker
The one time it’s universally accepted to act like a total weirdo is when you’re talking to a baby. We know what this dad was saying to baby Jim. “Did you make a little stinky?! Oh, yes you did! That’s right, you baby-stinker! Now, we have to change your dirty diaper!”
The facial expressions in the recent bottom photo may not be as authentic, but they’re still hilarious. We just hope this time Jim didn’t really poop in his pants!
