{"id":1265,"date":"2008-09-20T22:24:54","date_gmt":"2008-09-21T06:24:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gonfalon.org\/eclat\/?p=1265"},"modified":"2008-09-21T00:42:12","modified_gmt":"2008-09-21T08:42:12","slug":"homecoming-2008","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gonfalon.org\/eclat\/2008\/09\/20\/homecoming-2008\/","title":{"rendered":"Homecoming 2008"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Oh. mah. gawd. ya&#8217;ll. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.parentingteensblog.com\/lil-shop-of-horrors\/\">First there was the shopping<\/a>. Then there was the primping. The emergency trip for nylons. The last minute attention to flowers. The primping. <\/p>\n<p>THE BOY PUT ON COLOGNE, PEOPLE! AND brushed his hair. AND used gel. INORITE?! And don&#8217;t even gt me started on the girls&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s my favorite picture of the bunch:<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/gonfalon.org\/eclat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/09\/homecominghands1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gonfalon.org\/eclat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/09\/homecominghands1.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"homecominghands1\" width=\"500\" height=\"403\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1277\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gonfalon.org\/eclat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/09\/homecominghands1.jpg 500w, https:\/\/gonfalon.org\/eclat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/09\/homecominghands1-300x241.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I know. Awww, right? I just like it. *L* But here&#8217;s the Boy and his date, MK, who also happens to be The Girl&#8217;s BFF.<\/p>\n<p><center><a href=\"https:\/\/gonfalon.org\/eclat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/09\/homecoming9-20-2008_smk.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gonfalon.org\/eclat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/09\/homecoming9-20-2008_smk.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"homecoming9-20-2008_smk\" width=\"359\" height=\"500\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1267\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gonfalon.org\/eclat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/09\/homecoming9-20-2008_smk.jpg 359w, https:\/\/gonfalon.org\/eclat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/09\/homecoming9-20-2008_smk-215x300.jpg 215w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 359px) 100vw, 359px\" \/><\/a><\/center><\/p>\n<p>HEY! Watch those eyes, boy! (HE says she tickled his back, that&#8217;s why he looked at her. We call bullshit! *L*)<br \/>\n<center><a href=\"https:\/\/gonfalon.org\/eclat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/09\/homecoming9-20-2008_watchthemeyesboy.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gonfalon.org\/eclat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/09\/homecoming9-20-2008_watchthemeyesboy.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"homecoming9-20-2008_watchthemeyesboy\" width=\"354\" height=\"500\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1268\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gonfalon.org\/eclat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/09\/homecoming9-20-2008_watchthemeyesboy.jpg 354w, https:\/\/gonfalon.org\/eclat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/09\/homecoming9-20-2008_watchthemeyesboy-212x300.jpg 212w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 354px) 100vw, 354px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<\/center><\/p>\n<p>The girl and one of my &#8216;other&#8217; kids went together, because they didn&#8217;t have dates, so i made sure both girls had flowers too. <\/p>\n<p><center><a href=\"https:\/\/gonfalon.org\/eclat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/09\/homecoming9-20-2008_thegirls.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gonfalon.org\/eclat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/09\/homecoming9-20-2008_thegirls.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"homecoming9-20-2008_thegirls\" width=\"359\" height=\"500\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1269\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gonfalon.org\/eclat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/09\/homecoming9-20-2008_thegirls.jpg 359w, https:\/\/gonfalon.org\/eclat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/09\/homecoming9-20-2008_thegirls-215x300.jpg 215w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 359px) 100vw, 359px\" \/><\/a><\/center><\/p>\n<p>I know, I&#8217;m a total softy, but they thought it was cute. And out of all of the kids, only ONE would pose for me willingly. *L* But all in all, they looked ready to have a good time, so I sit here, at home, waiting for the call to pick them up and hear how it all went. <\/p>\n<p>TWO.<br \/>\nTWO in high school.<br \/>\nTWO at the homecoming dance.<br \/>\nI&#8217;m so not old enough for this crap.<\/p>\n<p>In other news &#8211; Auntie R was here for a couple of days, which made the kids (and me too!) giddy with glee. Every second spent with her is a complete joy, as you can tell by the smiles on their faces&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/gonfalon.org\/eclat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/09\/auntierandkids.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gonfalon.org\/eclat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/09\/auntierandkids.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"auntierandkids\" width=\"500\" height=\"358\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1270\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gonfalon.org\/eclat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/09\/auntierandkids.jpg 500w, https:\/\/gonfalon.org\/eclat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/09\/auntierandkids-300x214.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;ll have to do it again soon!<\/p>\n<p><strong>ETA:<\/strong> Good time was had by all at Homecoming. They girls just got here (MKs dad picked them up) to gather their things, and I got a speed of light talk of how fun it was even though The Boy isn&#8217;t much of a dancer, but he did slow dance twice and they talked and she tried to help him fast dance, and he was just hopeless, and he kept escaping to talk to Z, because she kept trying to get him to dance since they were at a DANCE and all, but whatEVer&#8230; he always came back when she asked him too and yeah mom it was really fun and hurray! Oh &#8211; and?<\/p>\n<p>MK: so there was this cop, and the boy was wonder what he&#8217;d do if I took his billy club, and I was like yeah right he&#8217;d steal it back and beat ya with it and you wouldn&#8217;t anyway because you&#8217;re a good boy and he was all I could and I told him no, because you listen to your mom and he was like ha! so I told him hey, I want to go home and be able to tell my mom that you&#8217;re not a delinquent so we can go out again so you will for me&#8230; and he was all that&#8217;s low, because you&#8217;re right. Isn&#8217;t that funny?!<\/p>\n<p>Yes. Yes it is. *chuckles* She was ALL smiles, MK. The boy did good. Even if he wouldn&#8217;t dance much.<\/p>\n<p>The girl had a good time too, but says next time? She&#8217;s getting a -real- date, so she, The boy and MK can double. *L*<\/p>\n<p>ETA Again: The boys just got home &#8211; and first question? All hopeful like?<br \/>\nThe Boy: So she was really all smiles? Really?<\/p>\n<p>Yes, yes she really was. I told him I&#8217;d heard the story about the cop, and he chuckled and said yeah, yeah he&#8217;d behave so that he could ask her out again. Awwwwwwww. (someone shoot me now. *L*)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Oh. mah. gawd. ya&#8217;ll. First there was the shopping. Then there was the primping. The emergency trip for nylons. The last minute attention to flowers. The primping. THE BOY PUT ON COLOGNE, PEOPLE! AND brushed his hair. AND used gel. INORITE?! And don&#8217;t even gt me started on the girls&#8230; Here&#8217;s my favorite picture of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,64],"tags":[23],"class_list":["post-1265","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-primaries-family","category-i-am-not-ready","tag-family"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gonfalon.org\/eclat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1265","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gonfalon.org\/eclat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gonfalon.org\/eclat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gonfalon.org\/eclat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gonfalon.org\/eclat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1265"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/gonfalon.org\/eclat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1265\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1283,"href":"https:\/\/gonfalon.org\/eclat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1265\/revisions\/1283"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gonfalon.org\/eclat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1265"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gonfalon.org\/eclat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1265"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gonfalon.org\/eclat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1265"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}