Fake Prom

Jackson decided that he wasn’t going to prom this year, just didn’t buy tickets or think about it at all until after the deadline had passed. I knew it, but forgot that last weekend was the actual day of prom. When he said he had plans with friends and was wearing khakis, it still didn’t occur to me that this was his version of Junior Prom. You know if it had, I would have begged to take some casual photos to commemorate the non-event. They had a group of about 10 or so that went to a nice dinner, then were going bowling. The bowling alley was too crowded, so they went to Academy instead and got wiffle balls and a bat and headed to the beach to play baseball. They hung out there all night, then made a Sonic run on the way home. By the time I realized that it was his prom, the photo-op ship had sailed. The next morning, one of the other moms sent me this pic with the sweetest text about how she had to beg for a picture from her son, and was checking to see if Jackson had shared it with me. He didn’t have a single picture, so no, he didn’t even have a pic of just the guys to share. So, maybe I don’t have any posed pics of kids in fancy duds this year, but I assure you, he probably had way more fun skipping that drama and opting for a sandy game of wiffle ball instead.