Thankfully the outfit I bought him at Ross - dress shoes, black pants and black shirt - were entirely appropriate, and everything went well, and a corsage would have been over the top. She is, of course, adorable - when we pulled up, she was taking pictures on the street with her family, and the mom and sister came over to say hello. Obviously I won’t post her picture here, but she’s so cute!
He said he was nervous as we were driving up, but he ended up staying the entire four hours and said he had a really good time. The H and I went to see Poltergeist (yet another movie that hits differently when you have kids) leaving Theo on his own at home, and everything worked out.
It’s very odd to be at this phase of life. Having been a hyper-vigilant mother - every pen, marker, sharp thing put away, never letting them out of my sight for a second when they were little - now is the time when they aren’t so controllable. They are going to be at events without us. Out at night, not under our supervision. Forming bonds with people who are strangers to us. I’m sure this is far scarier for the girl’s family - can you imagine?? These strange people drive up and whisk your thirteen-year-old girl away in their car. Good lord!
I definitely would never have pictured that being a “boyfriend” would be part of Bobby’s eighth grade experience. It’s 100% only because she approached him - who knows how long it would have taken him to ask a girl out - but it’s still an important milestone in his maturing. I for one am glad he has girls in his life (and non-white girls at that) - I worry so much about these boys being red-pilled online. He started earlier than me - my first boyfriend wasn’t until the end of my freshman year in high school, although I was interested in boys since kindergarten.
Today I’m taking the boys to see ET and that’s pretty much our only plan for the day. I just love these relaxed weekends. We would have been in the desert had it not been for the homecoming dance and concert Friday night.
We went to Theo’s school Halloween carnival Friday, but it was a bit of a mess. I brought Theo’s inflatable costume and batteries, but it turned out you need a screwdriver to put the batteries in, and there was no time to drive home and get one. He was super bummed. We tried everything to get those screws out - after probably an hour we finally just broke the cover off, which worked. Then he ran around and had fun, thankfully, but Bobby didn’t want to walk around or get any food, and neither of them wanted to go into the haunted house or do any of the activities even though I bought tickets. I guess that’s how these things come to a close - not with a bang but a whimper.
Here’s Bobby as we’re driving to the dance.
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