Last week was the Sock Hop.  Of course we went, but not as a poodle skirt wearing girl.  Oh no, our girl went as a Pink Lady, beehive hairdo and all!  Jude was an unhappy greaser when we left the house, but quickly adjusted when he saw the hundred or so kids in the gym all running around, dancing, singing and eating loads of candy!  I quickly lost him to the cool boys – AJ, (his 5th grade ‘best friend’ who is terribly kind and Jude wants to have over for playdates and slumber parties) Tanner and Bret.  He couldn’t choose a nicer group of 11 and 12 year olds to hang out with and act all cool.

We got to the school and I hardly saw the kids for the rest of the night as they folded in with the crowd, which left me with some time to kill.  Yep, I was shaking it on the dance floor with my fourth graders to Beyonce, Taylor Swift and twisted with the best of them for four songs.  That was tiring, sweaty and I’m embarrassed to say, the most fun I’ve had at a dance in a long time!

For years Gigi  has been that kid who gets the hula hoop to orbit her hips two to three times before it plummets to the ground.  In preparation for the hula hoop contest this year, however, she submitted to a training regime during gym class.  Recalling the past few years how the contest went, she practiced straight up hula-ing, then on one foot, then with her eyes closed, and she even practiced hopping up and down while hula hooping!  Her practice paid off because she WON the contest for the second grade girls’ division!  It was a BIG moment in that little sweetheart’s life.

We headed home with pockets full of candy and sleepy eyes.  A fun night out!


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Jude’s face = funny.

hannah added these pithy words on Mar 05 12 at 12:40 pm