Junior Prom!

Junior/Senior Prom was held a couple of weeks ago!

Maddie has had her dress since fall 2018.

We found it on a clearance rack and it's so beautiful

and was so reasonable that we both figured it

would be good idea to buy it then and there.

Gorgeous dress and it was featured
in a Seventeen magazine prom issue.

It needed a few alterations as it was a bit too

long and a little too revealing to meet

her school dress restrictions!

It turned out lovely!

I curled M's hair for her and did a really good

job if I may say so myself! ;)

Maddie and two of her friends went to prom

together.  Dinner and the prom were held together

at a downtown hotel,

and then the post-prom was back at 

their high school!

Since the girls didn't want to drive in their big 

dresses, I was their driver!

 It was loads of fun to see the students

going in and out of the prom venue,

even though it

was kind of a late night for me!

After I got them to post prom around 11:30 PM,

I headed home and picked Maddie up at 2:30 AM.

She said they all had a great time

and it was so much fun!

Naps were necessary the next day!

Checking that event off the high school bucket list! 

Dance - A Different Direction

When she was a wee little girl, Maddie took

some ballet and tap lessons! 

 She loved them, 

but later decided to try gymnastics and tumbling.

She also loved that and then decided to try cheer

and set a goal of being a cheerleader in high school!

That was so much fun and 

she also loved it -- but the schedule

last year -- oy vey -- too much!

So, it's back to her first love -- dance! 

 She has been doing tap for the

last couple of years along with cheerleading.

Every time she comes out of her tap class,

she has the biggest smile on her face!

She's taken ballet this summer and starting

in September, she'll be back in tap

and trying jazz in addition to ballet.

She asked me what I thought jazz was like . . . 

of course, I did crazy jazz hands! 

I don't have a clue --

remember, I can't keep a beat, so dance

has never been my strong suit.