Peyton Gets Asked to Homecoming

Peyton & Cameron

It's so much different having a girl get ready for Homecoming than it is a boy. First, these girls order their dresses and make their hair appointments in the summer! Then, during the summer, most of these Freshman start to pair up girls and boys from their middle schools so come September they have a group to go to with to Homecoming and a date. 

Peyton was certainly annoyed by that plan as a boy that she liked and that liked her told her that he was already paired to go to Homecoming with another girl. Peyton didn't like that one bit and pretty much kicked him to the curb! 

Good thing because that opened the door for a different boy to ask her. Of course this is after multiple texts that day telling me that she was just going to go with her girlfriends (pretty common these days) so if he asks her she didn't know what to say. I told her that she would have many years to go with friends and that if a boy asks you, you should go. Her friends would understand if they were true friends. So he ended up asking her and she said, yes! Of course, she told him to come over "to ask" when she knew we would all be at Austen's soccer game but she had a friend come over so she could take a picture. 

The flowers

The boy did a great job with his poster and gave her some beautiful flowers. Peyton was very impressed! Since then plans have changed on an almost daily basis as to what group they are going with, where they are going to dinner, where pictures are happening and where the after party is - I can't keep it all straight! Luckily, the boy's mom sent out a group text with all the plans laid out (yay, for boy moms!) and now Peyton has a really fun night laid out before her on Saturday. But, wait, we still have to get in a spray tan, nails and a hair appointment. Not to mention that she (really, me) has to work all these appointments in between her cheer games on Thursday and Friday night and the Homecoming parade on Saturday! 

This really is more work than having a boy. Austen was easy Freshman year - the girls made all the plans and he already had a suit. This year, he's got plans that are all over the place - pre-homecoming golf foursome, home to change then dinner at someone's house and then home to change again to go to the post party (of course the Seniors don't show up to the dance!).

Should be a fun and memorable evening for all of them!