KCHS Homecoming, 2009!

We’re not a football family. I know, I know – get out the pitchforks and such now, but it mainly stems from being in a state that doesn’t HAVE it’s own football (or any real sports) team. Sure, we have collegiate baseball, and I think in Anchorage they still have some inside flag football thing, but whatever – we’re just not that into it. Except for the whole Superbowl sunday, and that’s all about the commercials.

But even though we’re just not that into it? This past weekend was all about the kids’ Homecoming Weekend – mostly because the colorguard and drumline were performing, and well – could the team break the Homecoming Curse?

What curse? The one where they win every other game in the year, and then bomb on homecoming because they get cocky. Did they break the curse? No, of course not! It was a slaughter – but that didn’t stop MY kids from having fun.

First off, Friday night, it was the bonfire. Now, you may THINK you’re school has the biggest and baddest bonfire ever (I’m looking at you ‘we do everything bigger in Texas’!) but you ain’t seen NOTHING yet. When someone started the fire early, they turned to our local home depot, and they came through in a BIG way. Check out the before:

Oh yeah. And yes, one of our boys climbed to the top to put the opposing teems banner up there. So after the parade through town – which Peppermist and her colorguard and drumline buds walked in – they lit that badboy up, and within about 30 minutes, the flag was gone and the bonfire settled into something that resembled the surface of the SUN.

Now THAT’S a bonfire!

The boy made his Papa proud – but filling up a large container full of ice, buying a couple cases of soda, and setting up a tailgate party in his truck. He had all his friends, his sisters friends and a bunch of random strangers hanging around – and by the time I left, it seemed he was having quite a bit of fun.

On Saturday, it was the games, and at halftime – the Girl’s colorguard performance!

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And of course, the crowning jewel of the weekend, the Homecoming Dance. My son didn’t go, nor did many of his friends, so it was Pizza Party in the Manspace with them. Peppermist, on the other hand, is firmly in the camp of “Date? who needs a date?! I’m going with my GIRLFRIENDS!” And their group of 8 hit the dancefloor together, looking stunning, as usual!

Peppermist knew she looked pretty good when her brother and his best friend took one look and just went “NO! You cannot leave the house looking like that.” Undeterred, she and her friends danced the night away (though she DID forget her jewelry, and I being the nice mom that I am, made a second trip to bring it to her so that her look would be complete. Inorite?!). They even took their pictures together, and the photographer there worked out a special package so that each of the 8 girls would get a 5×7 and 3 wallets, which was pretty damn nice of him since his standard price of $10 per extra person would have cost them $80 and was way to expensive for any of the girls, and the package wouldn’t have divided up right. So good on ya, photographer dude!

By all reports, the dance was a huge success, though there were some confusion with the girls. They had an assembly, and reminded everyone that the same dress code was in effect for dances – which meant no spaghetti straps or
strapless dresses. This is why Peppermist wore a wrap all evening (and also because she’s more comfortable that way.) – but there were some dresses? Woooooooooooahboy. I don’t think I saw ANY with actual sleeves! And a couple elicited one reaction from me: “Hooker, stay away from MY son.” Who the HELL let their daughter wear a strapless SOCK that barely covered her ass, with thigh high hooker boots?! Harumph.

But they had fun anyway, Peppermist and her crew, while dressed APPROPRIATELY, even. 🙂

So that’s what we did with OUR weekend. How was YOURS?