Prom finally came after all of the planning, preparing and buying. Then it went like a fleeting moment.
This is how it went....
Happily Ever After
Both of my daughters were asked to Prom this year. It was a bit of a challenge with planning for two. Since it was Hailey's, the oldest, Junior year Prom, we focused on getting her dress first, along with the shoes, jewelry, appointments, etc. Megan is a Freshman, technically Prom is only for Juniors and Seniors, except when a Junior asks an underclassman.
Searching high and low for the perfect dress, we finally found one that had "princess" written all over it. Hailey loves bright colors and "we-the-parents" were happy it nicely covered everything, unlike 60 percent of the dresses!
[I wore the same style to my Junior Prom, but I didn't tell her that or she would have found a reason not to like it, for fear of looking like her mother!] {smile}
Hailey is an imerging self-taught make-up artist and was asked by her friends to do their Prom make-up. In between getting ready herself, she applied makeup to her friends, which I have to say was exceptionally great!
When her date, aka, Prince Charming, arrived he sat on the couch waiting for his princess and watching all of the moms in our house run around stressed, taking snapshots and helping the girls with their dresses. We had 6 girls altogether getting ready. The dads were as cool as cucumbers out back on the patio having a BBQ and a cold beverage!
Just before she came out of the room, "okay Mom, how do I look?" I, with a knot in my throat, said, "absolutely breathtaking."
Now lets get out of the bedroom and get some pictures of you two!
The prince got up from the couch and smiled with a blown-away-look on his face mixed with a bit of excitement, and gave her a hug. Then he reached for the flowers and began tying the flowers to her wrist.
Beautiful.
The princess had a bit of trouble here as she didn't know how to properly pin his flower. She figured it out and laughed about it.
Stunning Taylar.
While the kids talked and laughed I had a few of the girls come out for a picture. I wasn't able to get a good one of my youngest princess as she had to leave in a hurry like Cinderella at midnight! [Momma was not happy about that but she had to go to her date's parents home for pictures.]
This is Gunner, another prince-charming and date of Taylar.
Beautiful Brette.
Waiting for her date to arrive.
Out the door and off to the Charlotte Hall Museum where the entire school of Prom kids and parents meet to take pictures of the kids.
We finally found our younger princess, gave her a hug and she was off and running taking pictures with all of her friends and her date.
Sisters, our two beautiful princesses.
Catching a moment with their dates.
Some of the other princesses!
Oh the dresses!
They were all so beautiful.
I think I was in dress heaven!
Friends...
Childhood friends and princesses.
Then there was the shoes!
There was sparkly, gem encrusted, pinks, silvers, and golds.
I think it was shoe heaven too!
Megan and her friend Selena.
Two beauty's.
One more picture before they all left for dinner and dancing.
It was a beautiful night, a long one for us as parents, since we stayed up, well...with one eye open and one eye shut, until they got home. Knowing they were home safe allowed me to finally drift off into dreamland.
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