If i only use photos of my kid and not my 2 nephews when making a year calendar for my parents next year?

[Theteddybear2]

for this year calendar i took some barely pictures of my nephews in it because i don’t see them often and im the one paying for it, costs like $40 to make big and nice calendar with pictures and collages. I tried my best but lot of the calendar i gifted my parents last year are pictures of my daughter mostly since i like taking nice pictures. And its not often all the kiddos are togheter where i get the chance to take nice Pictures of them togheter. Then for me it feels more natural to make one of my kid when i don’t see my nephews that often and barely have some pictures of them besides some when they where babies. I feel like it may offend my sis if i make one with just my daughter on it for this chritsmas since they be celebrating with us this year. Me and my daughter litteraly live in the underfloor to to parents. Im i being unreasonable?

Would u guys make one of ur kid only?

Why not ask your sister for a few nice pics of her kids. Surely your parents would prefer a calendar that has all of their grandkids???

Unless there is a big age difference. OR you don't particularly like your sister/nephews.

Nah I wouldn’t. It’s a bit odd. And I know my parents would enjoy it much more (and be much more likely to use it) if it contained all their grandchildren, rather than just one.

I’d collaborate with my sister on it, though

Include your nephews.
I'm sure your parents would enjoy seeing all of their DGC.

I'd include all of the grandchildren, obviously that's what your parents will prefer and it is meant to be a gift for them

@Sashya i don’t talk with my sister besides when we all at our parents home and no we don’t hate each other. I have asked my mom if she had some last year because she usually used to take, but with very poor quality photos that turned out bad :/ on the photo calendar quality

As the calendar will be presumably a gift to your parents from your DD it is perfectly reasonable for just photos of your DD. You could mention to your sister she might like to get something for your parents with a photo of her DC on E.G. a cushion, mugs or a jigsaw puzzle.

If you can't just ask your sister for some photos (or get them from her social media), I don't think there's anything wrong with making one with just your own child. I'd probably at least try to ask her first, though.

Another thought. If all you have access to are smaller photos from your mum, maybe you can use them to make collage layouts for some months rather than try to use them as a single photo for the whole page. You could also reuse some of the older photos you have. One month could be a collage with a photo of each grandchild as an infant and another could feature photos of each in the toddler age range and so on. It might be interesting to include baby photos of everyone in the family (parents and grandparents) to trace the family resemblances.

Edited to add: Ah, just clocked that you did mention collages. If the photos are too low quality even for that, then I guess you don't have much choice but to either ask or just omit everyone but your daughter. Or just use the small photos anyway, if you parents won't care if they are a bit blurry.

@afig im not sure yet but with the one i gave to them it has collage layouts, some month are with only my kid on it since i didnt have pictures of my nephews and some are latyouys with my kid and nephews on it.

When I’ve made them in the past I’ve tended to tie it to birthdays . So a pic of the birthday person on the relevant month. I made one for dd this year there was pictures of dd, me, dad, siblings, dog and auntie. Plus group shots .

Just message your sister and ask for some photos? Really not hard.

This

My SIL does this with just her daughter, doesn’t bother me it’s a gift from her to her parents.

I make a calendar every year for my parents with photos of my kids. It's never occurred to me to include my niece! The calendar is from me, my brother can make a separate one if he wants to.

I always make a calendar for my parents and I think it would be really weird if it was just of my child.

I always include other family members, including my parents.

Surely the calendar is more about them than your child and so it’s photos of the things that they like, which may even include them with their pet or a nice photo of them with their friends or doing a hobby.

I create a calendar with memories in mind and use photos that the receiver looks good in.

I would ask your sister for some photos of her kids, preferably ones with your parents in.

@SilverButton ye am thinking about it. Im also the one paying $40 for a calendar so it obvious that my own kid will mostly be in the pictures, and my nephews in few of them. But for now i only have taken nice pics of my own kids. I always add everyones birthday’s since u can add them on the page. But i don’t see the problem with my parents hanging 2 calendars if my sister would make her own. But since i barely see her and my nephews is falling more natural to only make one of my kid instead. Ansd. if i have another kid in future the calendar would obvious be just them

We give PIL one of our kids/family and SIL gives them one of her kids/family, hung in different areas of PIL house. PIL request them both every Christmas.

@Thepossibility thats also an idea, since i feelt like i only did most for sister not feeling her kids are excluded or something, but thinking of it, she could also make her own with my nephews on it and i make of my daughter. It be a bit weird using baby or toddler photos of my nephews while my kid at current age isj. Also is a gift from me and my daughter.

@Cucy I have tried to i even put ones before with my mum and my kiddo and them and my kid and nephews, and my kid with bunny to. So its more a collage layouts of the fun things we have done.

The recipients of the gift would prefer all their grandchildren in it.

Ask your sister for some photos of her kids she's taken during the year.
Nobody needs multiple calendars.

DH does this every year, asks his brother to send over some photos, for his mums. My neices are both adults so aren't keen to be in Granny's calender but I do try to get some photos too.

I do it and I’ll whack in a photo of them with their cousins (if we’ve seen them that year that is) never really given it much thought to be honest!!

We always did just our kids, but we gave it to IL and my Godmother as well as my parents.

Why would the children being different ages be “weird”? Makes no sense….

@Comtesse no i meant most of the pitcures i have are when they where babies and toddlers they are 5 and 9 now