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| Flashback to 2nd grade |
My girlie is going to her first middle school dance this Friday. The dress is fancy. To my daughter that is jeans and converse. I am not sure if that is "fancy," but students have to follow the school dress code. She tried to justify her footwear choice by saying I wore Doc Martens with my outfits. I told her I wore them with a dress. Then I had to laugh when she said that she didn't care about clothes. This is the kid who refused to wear pants at age three. I can still buy her clothes, but it works best when she is not with me. She has her definitive opinions about clothes.
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| Sweating from the dance to the tunes |
She, of course, does not want us to chaperon. I remember her "first" school dance in elementary school. It was a study in child development. The kindergarten kids just be-bopped around and the 2nd, 3rd and 4th grade grade boys ran laps around the school cafeteria. The 2nd, 3rd and 4th grade girls danced. The fifth grade girls promenaded around the room in their fanciest clothes leading their fifth grade boyfriends around the room. No matter what I hope she will eschew popular opinion and just dance! Wish us luck! We have 4 days left to pull together an outfit.
I hope she has a blast! I have chaperoned the dances at our middle school for years, my daughter, an 8th grader won't allow me to dance but I can sell cookies. Hope your daughter rocks her Converse outfit!
ReplyDeleteGood Luck! My Goddaughter had her last elementary, father daughter dance, last Friday night. She had the cutest dress and the cutest hairdo, and she wore her white high top Chuck Taylors. I was so worried...but she felt so cool! More power to her to love her look and go with it!
ReplyDeleteGood Luck! My Goddaughter had her last elementary, father daughter dance, last Friday night. She had the cutest dress and the cutest hairdo, and she wore her white high top Chuck Taylors. I was so worried...but she felt so cool! More power to her to love her look and go with it!
ReplyDeleteBest of luck. Love the stroll down memory lane. I hope she dances.
ReplyDeleteGood luck! I hope she has a blast!
ReplyDeleteAh, middle school!
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed your description of what each grade does at a dance. So universally true.
I hope you will write a post about the final outfit :)
Ah, middle school!
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed your description of what each grade does at a dance. So universally true.
I hope you will write a post about the final outfit :)
Ah, middle school!
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed your description of what each grade does at a dance. So universally true.
I hope you will write a post about the final outfit :)
I have distinct memories of wearing mismatched patterns, jeans, and converse to a middle school dance too.... And now I'm wondering what my mom thought of that!! :)
ReplyDeleteWishing you luck and a good DJ for the dance!
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