Nearly a month ago my oldest daughter thought that she just might get asked to Prom. To most mothers this would just mean a few extra hours at the mall to find a dress, shoes, and accessories. It just isn't that simple at our house. You see, I have tall kids, and my daughter is 6'1" and built like a runway model. (Which you would think would make it easy to find a dress, but no)
I began scouring the internet for dresses that were long enough as well as relatively modest and tasteful and started a new board on my Pinterest dedicated to Prom. In short, the hunt was on. My husband couldn't help but notice my new obsession and he decided offer his "superior" internet searching skills in my quest. After several hours he had narrowed the choices down to a handful of dresses that he would be willing to buy for his daughter. His criteria was mostly that it had to be modest as well as classy. No foofy fluffy dress for Nicole. More the red carpet look. I think he has great taste in womens clothes, so I went along with it. We ended up going to Nordstroms in Salt lake to find the one that we got, but it was so long she even needed heels. (another "hunt" for 12 Narrow dancing shoes).
They went to Salt Lake Hoggle Zoo for their "Day Date" (I don't remember ever going on day dates before dances, but it is what they do now) Upon returning home I had about an hour to completely re-do makeup and hair and turn my daughter into a princess (ok not Disney... more like Kate Middleton). I have to admit that it was probably as much fun for me as it was for her, but she looked gorgeous when she went out the door for a magical evening and I felt like a fairy Godmother.
