Posted on Nov 19, 2007 - 7:10pm by LMM in Parenting
My baby girl is at the school sock hop! I think this makes it her first official school dance! Oh my goodness, yes - it does! She is in the fifth grade!
Isn’t she cute? That is her on the first day of school this year! She was very excited to get back to school!
Anyway - she and her girlfriend came over here and curled their hair, put on a little makeup (just a touch, thank goodness, my sweetpea is very good at makeup and doesn’t over do it) and tried on a few different outfits. Then they walked over to the friend’s house so that her parents could take them up there.
It’s kind of weird that it is on a Monday night, but, this is a super short week, so I guess it’s ok. They only have school today and tomorrow. And then they are off for Thanksgiving.
The Sock Hop is from 6pm-8pm. Awww…my baby at her first dance. My sweet little precious baby girl.
She looked so pretty, too. Her hair is really thick, so the curlers put just the right amount of curl in the ends of it. And then she put on some jeans with a pretty blouse and a lovely, soft blazer from her late Aunt Charlene. It’s a little too small, but, neither she nor I care - because we miss Aunt Charlene so much and we just loved the gifts she gave us - they were always so precious. She is just going to roll up the sleeves a little bit.
It is so lovely to think of Aunt Charlene being ‘at the dance’ with her like that. And my sweet girl just looked so smart - just sharp, you know? I’m so proud of her. She’s not at all pushing her femininity (yet! ack!) - she is just letting it speak quietly for itself.
I think she kind of reminded me of a magazine editor tonight. Smart and lovely - but, in a very subdued, quiet way. While the people around her are loud with it, she is drawing the attention, because of her seeming inattention to it. Do you know what I mean?
I’m so crying now - thinking of my Aunt Charlene and my precious baby girl - and how much they love each other. And how they can be together for this, her first dance.
Precious, absolutely precious.