Friday night our school hosted an 80's Dance Party. Whomever decided to focus on the 80's this year is genius (it's always been the 50's - a great decade in itself, but very low attendance dance-wise in recent years). The turnout for the 80's was seriously record-breaking. Kids were everywhere. Literally. Running from point A to point B (because that's how 1st through 5th graders ... 'dance?'), knocking down innocent by-standers, mutilating little people. Better known as chaos. But it was all good. Actually, very good.
I may well never forget the moment I emerged from the bathroom with my hair in 80's glam. {Big.} My kids said, "Wow!" and "Mom, you look GREAT!" It was one of my proudest moments.
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| Big hair went *POOF* by the end of a very busy night...but still tons of fun! |
I scored a jackpot at Goodwill for Pookie's outfit - and she ended up winning Honorable Mention - amongst heavy competition, lemmejusttellyou! Everyone was glammed up. But she looked uh-mazing! Her hair was HUGE! Until she went to golf practice for an hour in the windy spring weather (Dad just wouldn't let her skip a lesson, beings that he's all about the golf. And the bottom line). When she arrived at the dance...her hair was no longer huge. But she still won a Rubik's Cube for the effort, nonetheless (which Daddy took apart tonite - just like we used to do in the 80's when the darn cube had us beat! ... well, I actually just pulled off the stickers. But he used to pull them apart and snap the colors back into the right places. Still works like a charm)!
The dance was a huge success in terms of photography, too. The PTO prez asked me a while ago to take party pics at the event. We were able to make almost a 3-figure profit from my li'l camera, so I'm happy! And if they ask me to do it again, I have a better idea of how to run the show. (Always live and learn.)
More to come this week...
