For many years I was a mother to only girls. The rules changed when Ethan was born six years ago. Before then I never had the opportunity to experience certain things. Like mother/son dances.
And now, I’ve done that too. It was one of the greatest joys of my life.
When the note came home from school a few weeks ago, Ethan had me pin it to the calendar so I wouldn’t forget. For more than ten days we talked about the dance. I’d never seen him so excited about something in his whole life. We planned what we would wear. And by that I mean Ethan went in my closet and pointed at the gold ruched dress and said, “You should wear that.”
Every day he counted down…”Only three days til the dance, Mommy…Only two days til the dance…Is it time to go yet?”
The dude was seriously stoked about going on a date with me. Can you blame him?
Finally the day of the dance arrived and Ethan was a little confused. He was unaware he would have to go to school all day and THEN come home and get ready for the big event. Once he stopped convulsing and agreed to climb off the ledge, he went to school. But he did so begrudgingly and made sure I knew he wasn’t happy about it. Noted.
The following is a pictorial of me and my handsome little man as we were getting ready to go to dinner…and then finally, the dance.
Those are great right? Well just know that as soon as we pulled into the parking lot of the school my date jumped out of the car and ran to the gym…leaving me yelling out, “Wait! You’re supposed to walk in with your date!” Then I had flashbacks of dates I’d been on in my twenties. Ethan and I are going to have a long talk.
You have to see this video from dinner. Ethan decided to practice his dance moves while we were eating at Macaroni Grill. It’s not just funny because he’s my kid. It’s just funny. Harley tried desperately to steal the show. I have no idea where she gets that from.
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So adorable! I think my uterus is all finished with the baby making after my girls – luckily for me, my sister just had a little boy that I can borrow from time to time.
Jessica´s last [type] ..The Birthday Party.
A certain video of a certain someone “moving like Jagger” exists. I was captured during my daughter’s bday the other night. I DJ all my daughter’s parties at home, and I could not resist jumping amongst the 6the graders and moving like Jagger. Immediately, they all pulled out their iPhones and pressed record, I’m sure.
Oh boy!
Anyway, I have taken my girls to many Daddy Daughter Nights, so, I know the feeling well.
Cheers!
Haha, they are too funny! I hope the dance went well. Those pictures are precious!
BF´s last [type] ..Only because I’m so obsessed
Those kids are completely full of awesome… but I am not going to lie… the funniest part is when you said “y’all are idiots”…. pure gold right there.