Father and Daughter

Jessica had the honor of being nominated for Homecoming Queen this year. Her proud papa was there to escort her on to the field.

While she wore her blue prom dress (she wore a shorter, different dress for the dance), Gordon fretted much more than she about what he should wear.

He had her convinced all week that he had a tuxedo tucked in the back of his closet and that I had taken it down to the drycleaners. I got to quietly nod my head and try to go along with things, even though keeping a straight face was hard at times.

"You have to tell him, Mom. Nobody will be wearing a tux; not even the boys nominated!"

"You will have to be the one to tell him", I said with a straight face.

She spent the better part of the week trying to subtly convince him that it really wasn't necessary to wear a tux. When he insisted, she told him they made some sort of announcement at school about what the parents should wear (this was a stretch at best).

Gordon replied by telling her that he had put a call in to Alta (the principal) and she gave the go ahead.

Finally, he gave in and told her he had been kidding her all week. It was a good one and we really had her going.

Teasing our kids has been one of the great joys of parenthood.

Notice how nicely his light blue tie coordinates with her dress.