The Never Normal

This past Friday I went to Boo’s prom. Anderson worked hard to make it special – and Briana dressed him up so handsomely! I nearly cried when I first saw him. It’s the first time ever he wore such fancy duds.

It’s a coincidence that we matched so well. Isn’t that cool though?

When I first arrived, they were bringing attendees up to the school building, where a white stretch limo waited to drive the kids down to the rec center, where the prom was held. I went down to Jonah’s residence and proudly walked him to the limo, where we took this photo then got inside to ride in style.

The prom theme was Peter Pan’s “Neverland;” everything was decorated with whimsical fairy-dust centerpieces and “ivy” running along the tables and walls. They even gave out yellow boutonnieres. There was a photo booth, a DJ, and a catered dinner buffet with choices the kids loved. Jonah ate chicken tenders and fries, plus two pieces of the special decorated sheet cake they brought out after dinner, all washed down with boxes of apple juice.

He was only mildly interested in the fun, asking instead for Guster on my phone and “go walk?” I suppose I could have asked the DJ if he could play Guster, but I doubted they’d have it and I didn’t see anyone else making requests, so we walked all around the huge tent they’d set up, across the dance floor, and up the hill to the view of the Hudson River, then back down and around some more. I did encourage him to dance, though, which he did – just a little, but enough for me to catch it on video (below).

The prom was scheduled from 4:30-8pm, and Boo lasted until about 6:30, when he told Briana he wanted to go back to the residence. I walked back with them and hugged them both goodbye, then drove home to share pictures and bask in memories of my handsome son at his school’s awesome prom.

Graduation is Friday, so I’ll be back with more photos and hopefully another positive experience to relate.

Happy first day of summer!