The girls looked forward to this event, but wanted to dress a bit more casually than they had for the last ball. Ellie had a hard time picking out what to wear. She wanted a new dress, but she waited too late since the winter dances in schools in this area all seemed to have happened on Saturday night. It came down to this dress or a brown and cream one. I thought she was lovely in either one. She engaged in a bit of teenager attitude by mixing it up with neon orange nail polish and her huge aray of bracelets in lui of the white gloves that were suggested.
He father was supposed to take part in the last half hour of the dance, but he had to stay home as he was quite ill and feverish.
They played a few fun games using chop sticks and they did a lot of dancing, of course.
I had originally planned to have a special evening with my boy, but that had to shift since I had to take Ellie to the dance. The first hour and a half of the dance was reserved for the kids so Ethan and I hung out at the Whole Foods Market. We chatted with the produce guy and tasted lots of stuff. We wandered through the tea and coffee isles, then over to the bakery. We also had a lovely chat with the man working the cheese counter. Ethan loves cheese so he opted for a few fun cheeses instead of something sweet. It was a tough choice, but the Tillamook Smoked Black Pepper Cheddar and the Apple Smoked Gouda were both lovely.
I got to hear stories of the evening before when Ethan and Tom joined Morgan and a group of her friends at the Ralston Valley High School winter dance. It sounds like it was a bit like a rave without the drugs. The school had a light show and kids sported lots of glow sticks. They shifted the party over to Denny's and continued the fun once they could get a table big enough for the 20 of them.
At 17.5, Ethan has a fairly private life. I told him that I miss going places and doing stuff with him. He feels the same way. It seems that he shares more of his dad's interests these days. It is a little hard from time to time, but I am also glad to see that they have such a warm and wonderful bond.
We returned to the country club where I waited outside of the dance hall until it was time for me to arrive.
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