Caitlin has always been our plan maker. She once planned a Summer Birthday, because she got sick of January ones. She was 7 years old and happily had a minor celebration of the January date, waiting for the real party in June. The weather that June was very cold and we tried to de-escalate her but she continued planning, inviting all her friends to a "water party," when the temperatures outside were consistently in their 40's. On the June day she'd planned for her birthday a heat wave descended on us and things went off without a hitch. I learned not to underestimate the power of my daughter's determination.
That being said, Caitlin has been thinking about Prom since the first day she ever put on a princess dress. And that was a very long time ago. What follows are the usual pre-prom photos including her boyfriend, Nathan, who seems to be a pretty good egg. She came home sober and happy, and that, my friends, is as good as parenting gets.
