<p>Ok folks the next few weeks is College Visits for D13’ so I will not be relaxing on the deck anytime soon! In one instance she’ll have less than 24 hours turn around time between visits. She’s down to two, but wants to visit the 3rd possibility just to rule it out after giving it 100% of her attention up close.
It’s been a whirlwind week. my Aspie celebrated “World Autism Day” this week by having a major meltdown at school, complete with a call from the counselor. By weeks end we have found what seems to be the best solution yet for him. Resource has provided earphones for him to wear to block out background noise. He is like a new kid!
It’s Prom weekend for DD13’. She’s going with one of her best friends since 6th grade. This is the last time we’ll be doing this. I still can’t believe it.
My sis is coming over so we can get started on Grad Party details. Years ago I wanted to throw some lavish affair at a hotel Ballroom. Then life happened, we now have a 4 month old and crazy hospital bills, soo the backyard it is!</p>
<p>DD told me today that she wants her open house to be relatively small. I can’t hold it inside and the weather is very volatile in June where we live. Not sure where we are going to have it.</p>
<p>Does anyone in your areas have grad parties BEFORE the actual graduation? I learned this last year, when we started to get invites to 2012 grad parties. A great many of them were held the 4 weekends before graduation.</p>
<p>It struck me as odd, but a lot of the kids go to Senior week after graduation and then people start family vacations and summer jobs,e tc.</p>
<p>Someoldguy</p>
<p>Bonus points to you old school alt-rockers who recognize the “backing” vocalist on this one</p>
<p>Joe Jackson?</p>
<p>Surfcity, I actually tried to sell that idea to my D, but no dice. Our summer is so busy, that it would fit in our schedule better before graduation.</p>
<p>Three years ago a friend of mine held her daughter’s graduation party Memorial Day Weekend, and I thought it was a great idea.</p>
<p>Mmmmm, Megpmom, desserts…
Confetti, what an awesome camp. I am writing down the name for DS19. Right up his alley.<br>
Critter, great story about geology and travels. Cool family…cool hobby.
SurfCity, I like the idea of a pre-graduation party! I will present it to DS13.<br>
Kelowna, so glad he has such great choices and so many. Can’t wait for his update.
TVenee, I am counting backward and realizing you had your baby during application madness. I bow down to you, oh honored one. And four months old–golden age. Enjoy those smiles.<br>
Laurendog, my grandpa was a Wolverine, a son of immigrants whose father died when he was a child, and a self-made man. I will ALWAYS love Michigan. DH has a graduate degree from Duke, but it is nothing to me. ;)</p>
<p>how are decisions going on the lido deck? </p>
<p>grad party - DD wants a family party. She leaves for a week right after graduation so we’ll probably have a small family gathering after her return. I think that’s it though - need to save every penny that we can for the tuition bill due in July!</p>
<p>Ding! Ding! Ding! Ding! Swimkidsdad is our winner. That’s Joe Jackson doing the only actual singing you hear on that track. How he got teamed up with Shatner must be one long shaggy dog story.</p>
<p>Yes, our graduation isn’t until June 14, so people start having parties Memorial Day weekend and every weekend all summer it seems. I think it’s a good idea to get it out of the way earlier (unless there is a concern child won’t actually graduate?) One of D’s teammates has her grad party scheduled on a date that we could potentially be playing in a state playoff game, which will be interesting should they make it that far again this year.</p>
<p>I don’t expect a decision here for several weeks! We’re in a holding pattern. May try to make a quick trip to the closer-to-home school to see a game and soak up the atmosphere.</p>
<p>^I think when I googled the Shatner song it said Ben Folds produced the record, maybe he got Joe J involved?</p>
<p>Surf city, we are doing it a week early. It fits everyone’s schedule. Here the outdoor parties are common- and the kids sort of move from one to the next. Hoping being a little earlier than most might help us draw the crowd they want more easily. They graduate June 18; we are going with the 9th.</p>
<p>Grad party for us means dinner out with immediate family only-which is 10 if we count grandma (but she will probably be at cousin’s graduation) plus one guest for grad which will probably be the girlfriend. We always have enough for a party at our house! I used to listen to everyone talk about things like getting a minivan so their two kids could each have their own seats to how they would have to invite friends over for each kid to have someone to play with and I would think were we supposed to keep our kids separated? Guess I missed the memo. Our kids always played together and entertained each other (sometimes even nicely).</p>
<p>Right now the big thing is tolo coming up during the weekend S’13 will be home between the college admitted students days road tour. The funny thing today was he had to ask his friend to tolo and he said yes (I know, weird long story but he had to line up his friend as a date for his girlfriend’s friend before she asked him, whose boyfriend will be out of town and is also a friend of S’13s and ok with specific other friend taking gf with S and his gf as chaperones). Yikes. This could be interesting! I told him girls have a different way of getting things done. Fortunately (?) he has three older sisters, so nothing much shocks him. In our day, if the bf was not available, we stayed home. </p>
<p>Enjoying the music on deck someoldguy! Not a drinker, but this would be a good time to start, except I need my wits about me and I have few enough of those available as it stands now. S’13 will be sending off four regrets tomorrow, cutting the list by 1/3. We have three question marks but I think two of those will soon be gone. He has to do this a little at a time. </p>
<p>Have any of you gone to those reception things for the admitted students from your area? He had conflicts for both Stanford receptions and the one by MIT. He could make it to the Yale one but really doesn’t have the time and it will be over an hour away. I know they said they had 18 admitted from the state but I don’t know how many will actually attend and he says he thinks it’s more important to meet those admitted from other places anyway. I do know the guy that interviewed him is going and would like him to attend. Anybody have any opinion on how beneficial attendance would be? We never made it to any of them with D’10 either…guess we just aren’t very good schmoozers.</p>
<p>Surf: will have open house/party night before grad here and then prob dinner with grandparents the next day after graduation…having it a local park with small building (senior center type hall) on the grounds…our extended family is too large for our small house…add some friends and we would be in trouble😀
I didn’t know it was Joe Jackson but DH did…he’s the music trivia go to at our house!
Have a great weekend everybody! Off to reception later for scholar award d1 got at her school of choice and then prom dress shopping.
The ups and downs of this process…scholarship disappointment for s and celebration for d1 three days later!
Spring seems to have finally arrived in our neck of the woods! Enjoy!</p>
<p>Critter - what the heck is tolo?</p>
<p>lisa, that was my question too!</p>
<p>About prom dress shopping - D has a dress, but no date, so it may go back to the store. All her friends are going with dates, she doesn’t want to go solo, so unless something happens soon, she won’t be going. At least she went last year so she knows it is overrated.</p>
<p>Kelowna - I don’t know. I think a month is a really short time, I can’t imagine a weekend.</p>
<p>tx5 - does anyone by you do parties later? We will probably do that, maybe end of July.</p>
<p>89wahoo - I’d get the DJ, so long as it’s a Friday or Saturday night. They only graduate once.</p>
<p>laurendog - S13 would pick Europe in a heartbeat!</p>
<p>TVenee - so glad the earphones made a difference - you must be so relieved! Good for him!</p>
<p>surfcity - I think they have early grad parties by us, but usually the big ones (where they actually want everyone to come). That way there’s no conflicts.</p>
<p>I’m sure glad someone got the background vocals… it was driving me crazy. But I didn’t want to google it while I still had a chance at winning :D</p>
<p>critter - LOL on separating kids :). We never did, but for years I babysat S13’s best friend (a year older) and so there were three - the boys were pretty cool to D15. And it made it easier to go to carnivals and such during the week, because we were 4. I’m getting weepy again… but I so loved being a SAH mom!</p>
<p>Also, congrats on cutting the list down!</p>
<p>We haven’t made it to any ND receptions. So far there have been two weekends (receptions each day) and S13 had conflicts with both. For the one coming up, it’s a conflict with the baseball team he coaches, his orchestra practice and a practice AP test. That class he has to take one practice which counts as the midterm, and the other one is scheduled at the same time as his practice AP physics test (which he must take because he actually has a good chance of getting credit for that one…). He doesn’t want to go anyway. I would also be interested in feedback about how they were helpful, so I can decide how hard to push.</p>
<p>I think tolo is like turnabout or Sadie Hawkins.</p>
<p>Wow muf123, I wonder if the parents using that term know what the acronym stands for!</p>
<p>Now where did muf’s post go?</p>
<p>Haven’t posted since mid-March, but have definitely been reading through the posts as we survived the lengthy “waiting for results” phase, experienced the highs and lows of the “getting the results” phase, and have now taken back a bit of control during the “making a final decision” phase. So many on here with talented kids with exceptional opportunities ahead of them. Congrats to all and I hope the final decision process is going well. Also loved the Joe Jackson reference.</p>
<p>We actually found a way to make the waiting period even longer by going away on Spring Break for a week while the final results came through the mail. Finally got them yesterday so the final tally is 6 acceptances, 2 wait list, and 3 rejections (all 3 of DS’s HMFR). He’s in a great situation though as has acceptances to both Lehigh and Lafayette for Engineering and they have been two of his three top choices for quite awhile now. Headed back to both for accepted student visits during the next 10 days. Also working on trying to get some more Merit/Fin. Aid from them, if that’s possible. Thanks to everyone for sharing their experiences.</p>
<p>Joyfully gives up her lounge chair, the decision is in! Mount Holyoke, yeehaw!</p>
<p>Can I get anyone a drink while I celebrate?</p>
<p>Prom dress is purchased, just deciding if she’s going to let her “dancemom” glitz it out, lol.</p>
<p>UChicago sent me (the parent) a box today containing a t-shirt, car window decal, pen, baseball cap, wall calendar and nice letter thanking me for “raising such a terrific child”. </p>
<p>Ok - so MY decision is made now - hahaha.</p>
<p>Wow, K2020, that’s marketing at its finest, especially the letter. Maybe you ought to make a few dozen copies and let them loose in a windstorm in your neighborhood. :)</p>
<p>Congrats, MNMom62…great school AND nice to have a decision. Welcome to the waitstaff.</p>
<p>Yippee, Matmaven on your DS’s great choices.</p>