School Sock Hop

Tonight we attended Seth's school sock hop. At first the kids were hesitant to dance, but after a while, they really got their groove on.
Seth danced with Henry and Alice with Calvin in the kid's dance contest. Alice and Calvin were picked as finalists! It was positively cute, especially since at three years old, they were obviously the youngest kids on the floor. Calvin was really patient as Alice bossed him, twirled around him and made him clap after each song. She later told me that she knew what she was doing out on the dance floor because she had seen Cinderella so many times.


I know it looks like she is beaning him in the head here, but they actually did this maneuver several times and nobody got hurt.



Disclaimer on Seth's 1950's-wear: He refused to have his hair slicked. He insisted on cuffing his own jeans. He only owns carpenter-style jeans, so the cuff would look lame anyway, I guess. He also refused to tuck in his shirt. To his credit, the 1950's is a completely obtuse concept for a six year old. I suppose I should consider myself lucky he would dress up at all.

These two totally reminded me of the "Johnny Be Good" scene in "Back to the Future."

Sorry, some of the pictures are kind of dark, but indulge me, and pretend that you can see how charming our children are.


I was a little bummed that Seth was so shy at the beginning of the dance, because cute little Olivia came and asked him to dance, and he said no. By the time he was comfortable, and wanted to ask her to dance, she would have none of it.
Let that be a lesson to him; hell hath no fury like a woman scorned.
Good thing he has Henry for a wingman.