As a teenager, I never went to a single football game. I didn't attend Homecoming or Proms.
I'm really excited that my daughter was asked to Homecoming by her boyfriend. After our last home game, while we were waiting for the buses to come pick us up to take us back to the high school, the band director let the kids borrow the microphone to ask their girlfriends to Homecoming. I was pleasantly surprised to hear my daughter's boyfriend ask her if she'd go to Homecoming with him. I yelled down the stairs "yes she will!", then sent her down to find him. She said yes (of course!). It was too cute!
So, fast foward a few weeks. We've been dress shopping, figured out (somewhat) what to do with her hair and if she wants to makeup. Then, tonight, her boyfriend brought her mum over. It is gorgeous! He made it with his mother and sister's help. The mum is just beautiful!! I really like it!
This is what he brought her:
It has their graduating year, their names on the ribbons, stars, band-related things, football related things, a ribbon or two for the school and it says "Sophomore" (they both are).
I really like it.
I haven't been familiar with mums because I never received one, but holy WOW!!! I can say that I am truly impressed. This mum is nearly as big as my daughter. I'm not joking! It'll hang around her neck and will JUST barely avoid hitting her feet! Tomorrow I'll get a picture of her with it on.
I can't wait!!
The band is going to get to wear their mums at the football game since it's Homecoming. I'll get to hold her mum while she's marching. I can give it back when she gets off the field.
Here are the kids:
He plays the trumpet, she plays the flute.
This was taken in the band hall at our last home game.
Today kicks off the start of Football season in Texas. It's the first game for many of the schools. Allen is playing Longview, IN Longview. The band is going to be going too. I am proud of all the kids for the hours of hard work they put in. I really would like to be going there with them, but this is probably for the best. I can now just hope that everything works out for everyone and that there are no obvious blunders, no lost uniforms, no drama.
If you live in the state of Texas, High School football is a big deal. We're talking HUGE! For example: My daughter's high school won the State 5A Championship last year, so this year, season tickets are sold out. SOLD. OUT. I found this out a week before school started!!! I was stunned. I don't know why, but I was kind of expecting to have the opportunity to get tickets and see the games. You have to get an early start if you want your season tickets. A friend in another school district has the same issue. She couldn't get season tickets either.
It's going to be an exciting several weeks. We have a game tonight, a game next Thursday (that I am going to TRY to get to!) and on and on....the calendar is packed. It will be a lot of fun this year!!!
These little flowers are so bight, they appear to reflect the light. They were part of the pictures we took yesterday. I enjoyed that. I want to get out and go look for more wildflowers. I may have to wait for about another week or so in order to get some really GOOD pictures.
I'm sitting by the window, looking at the doves that keep flying up to the patio and tormenting the cat. Last week, we were sitting on the couch when a dove came up, perched on the ledge right outside the living room window and peeked in the window. We had the window open and Skeeter saw the bird. He went to the window really fast. We just laughed ourselves silly. That bird apparently wanted to find out what we were doing and Skeeter surprised them!!
Next weekend, I may actually start attempting to run. I figure I'll go to the track and start out with one lap first, then work up to two and so forth. I'm going to drag the kids with me. We might walk it first, then attempt a run. It'll be a good challenge. I don't know if the Middle School track will be open, but if it's not, the High School track will be. There are always people out at that track.
I'm setting a small goal--by the end of April, I want to confidently run 1 lap around that track. I don't know how long I want to say it should take me, but 4 laps is a mile and I should be able to finish THAT in 10 minutes. Time to work up to a ten minute mile. The whole point is to NOT get disappointed if I don't make the mile. The point is to TRY to get the quarter mile first and then work up to the mile.
