I feel like Dennis Miller. Remember Weekend Update on SNL — back in the day before I was too old to either stay awake for or enjoy the humor thereof? Yeah. Me, too.
I picked our winners for TELL ME WHO I AM. They are Janna and Brittany. (It was random. Kid 2 did the picking. From a pile of paper cutouts. They just so happen to both be CA girls. Whom I love. Lucky that way.)
Prom. It happened, and it was good (for the Kid, you understand. I don’t want to make it sound like I was actually there… although I did get a look at all the juniors, and a few of the other kids). Kid 1 was lovely. See?
Her cousin D said, “She’s a *real* princess.” Well played, D. Well played.
I can’t explain the headless one. I tried to crop. Nor can I explain why there are 2 copies of the other shot. Except that it’s my favorite. I don’t know photos. Clearly my talents lie elsewhere… I hope. So the way I saw everyone in the junior class: It’s like this. Their high school has this tradition of a Promenade (which sounds kind of like, duh, but I don’t know how many schools do them) and the junior class parades out of this backdrop thingie, one couple at a time, and they’re introduced, and their parents are named (a Requirement in this town), and then the couples do a choreographed dance. When all the participating juniors have done so, there’s a daddy-daughter dance, and after that, the moms come down and dance with their sons. It was fun — kind of a princess-themed fashion show. And the whispers and the oohs and aahs. And the muttering about the one girl whose dress cost $x,xxx, really. (And everyone, EVERYONE, I tell you, seemed to know this. As though it had been advertised or something.) And the poor girl who vomited in the garbage can, not really out of sight of anyone. And the poor friend who stood beside her and received something that was not thanks. All over the skirt of her dress. (Hello, story material!) (But only because it was not MY Kid.) And the couple of boys who looked like their dates had gone all kung-fu on them, but really one kneed himself in the face in a trampoline-house situation and the other got several eyebrow stitches as the result of a ninja move in an epic game of Capture the Flag. And the seniors and the sophomores and even the freshmen who came to watch, all dolled up and lovely. This little valley has some really beautiful kids in it. Many of Kid 1’s friends came to visit me in the gym (did I mention that this took place in the basketball gym? It did.) (I was conveniently located), and I was again glad that they are good people. And even though we probably could have found other things to do that evening, it was fun to see Husband dance with his baby girl. And also this: The Prom Queen is the cutest junior class girl… with Down’s Syndrome. She wore a knee-length tulle confection in shades of purple with light-up tennis shoes. She was precious. And props to the committee and all the voters for that outcome.
I would like to know: Are you a napper or a non-napper?
We can still be friends if you’re a non. But don’t come over here on a Sunday afternoon expecting to be entertained. Just saying. It was REALLY quiet here yesterday. Ahh.
And. My friend Steph is in the running for a really good prize with her video-story/confession of maternal ickiness. Check it here, and push the orange thumbs-up button to give her a vote. (You don’t even have to watch it. But it’s pretty darn funny, I tell you.)
The writing is going well. I’m filling up pages with words. That, for the moment, is a measure of success.
So, how was YOUR weekend?
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Aw, your daughter is lovely. It sounds like it was wonderful. I got to go see my mom this weekend on her beautiful farm and watch my son win his soccer game. It was a good weekend.
Aw, your daughter is lovely. It sounds like it was wonderful. I got to go see my mom this weekend on her beautiful farm and watch my son win his soccer game. It was a good weekend.
She looks perfect! i’m do glad she had a great time! Our high school does that, too! I love the small-town-goodness of it…so cool! We did much yard work and generally enjoyed the beautiful weather this weekend. Spring is FINALLY HERE!! Woot!
She looks perfect! i’m do glad she had a great time! Our high school does that, too! I love the small-town-goodness of it…so cool! We did much yard work and generally enjoyed the beautiful weather this weekend. Spring is FINALLY HERE!! Woot!
Your daughter looks so beautiful…yes, just like a princess 🙂 My fourth child had his Prom on the 13th. They also do the Promenade here, then the parent dance. When he took me by the hand and we began to dance, he said, “Is your boy growing up, mom?” (sob!) He’s 6’2″, so he’s grown up in more ways than one. Another tradition here (which I thought was awesome) was that everyone goes to Prom. The juniors did an AMAZING job with the decorations, “A Night Under the Stars”. My hubby and I had such a good time!
Your daughter looks so beautiful…yes, just like a princess 🙂 My fourth child had his Prom on the 13th. They also do the Promenade here, then the parent dance. When he took me by the hand and we began to dance, he said, “Is your boy growing up, mom?” (sob!) He’s 6’2″, so he’s grown up in more ways than one. Another tradition here (which I thought was awesome) was that everyone goes to Prom. The juniors did an AMAZING job with the decorations, “A Night Under the Stars”. My hubby and I had such a good time!
Aw! I love that the prom queen is a cutie with Down Syndrome. That warms my heart. And your daughter is GORGEOUS! Love the pics. 😉
Aw! I love that the prom queen is a cutie with Down Syndrome. That warms my heart. And your daughter is GORGEOUS! Love the pics. 😉
Oh, she is GORGEOUS! And the dress is fab! I shouldn’t have, but I laughed at the puking part. I shouldn’t have. =$ What cool traditions you guys have. I wish they would have done that where I grew up.
I am SO a napper. Naps are delicious! Now, if only I had a better mattress…
So, so glad to know the writing is going well! You are wonderful, Becca. I can’t wait to see it!
Oh, she is GORGEOUS! And the dress is fab! I shouldn’t have, but I laughed at the puking part. I shouldn’t have. =$ What cool traditions you guys have. I wish they would have done that where I grew up.
I am SO a napper. Naps are delicious! Now, if only I had a better mattress…
So, so glad to know the writing is going well! You are wonderful, Becca. I can’t wait to see it!
Napping, yes. Essential.
Our weekend was full-to-the-brim with prom too. Pictures later.
Your #1 looks like a bonafide Disney princess. So lovely!
Napping, yes. Essential.
Our weekend was full-to-the-brim with prom too. Pictures later.
Your #1 looks like a bonafide Disney princess. So lovely!
Awww, your daughter’s so cute and I LOVE her dress. Beautiful.
Oh, and I’m a total napper. It’s such a fabulously indulgent way to waste time, don’t you think?
Awww, your daughter’s so cute and I LOVE her dress. Beautiful.
Oh, and I’m a total napper. It’s such a fabulously indulgent way to waste time, don’t you think?
I do love myself a good nap. Took one this weekend, in fact, while I was in Las Vegas and it was 100 degrees. In April. Which is why I don’t live in Las Vegas.
Your daughter is lovely. I have not heard of our local high school doing a promenade or a parent-kid dance. I just know the Mormon kids have their own prom because the ones at their various schools are not such a nice place to be.
Also, very excited to have won your book! And, I also won it from Crash. One of them will make a very nice Mother’s Day present for my mum. And, yes, you can give it to me next week.
I do love myself a good nap. Took one this weekend, in fact, while I was in Las Vegas and it was 100 degrees. In April. Which is why I don’t live in Las Vegas.
Your daughter is lovely. I have not heard of our local high school doing a promenade or a parent-kid dance. I just know the Mormon kids have their own prom because the ones at their various schools are not such a nice place to be.
Also, very excited to have won your book! And, I also won it from Crash. One of them will make a very nice Mother’s Day present for my mum. And, yes, you can give it to me next week.
She’s gorgeous. But then, she’s gorgeous in jeans and a t-shirt. And (if I remember correctly) a bathing suit when visiting me and hanging out at my pool! Yes, definitely a napper, and Sunday was unusually nappish around here! The temperature was just. so. and we opened all the windows and turned the fans on low and just dreamed away…
She’s gorgeous. But then, she’s gorgeous in jeans and a t-shirt. And (if I remember correctly) a bathing suit when visiting me and hanging out at my pool! Yes, definitely a napper, and Sunday was unusually nappish around here! The temperature was just. so. and we opened all the windows and turned the fans on low and just dreamed away…
This is just exactly what a prom should be. It sounds magical and completely normal.
This is just exactly what a prom should be. It sounds magical and completely normal.