Since there's no more gymnastics on Friday nights, Ainsley was able to attend the last dance of the year! It was an 80's theme, but she didn't want to dress 80's, so there you go. She had a pizza party with friends before and they did hair and make-up (never occurred to me that make up was a possibility). There's one girl in the group who hangs with high schoolers a lot so she acts a lot older than she is. After the dance and I reminded her that she doesn't need make-up, nor do any of the other girls! She was also concerned that a boy was going to ask her to dance and she told me she wasn't comfortable with that but ended up getting a lot of pressure from this boys 8th grade sister, so she danced with a Riley (who we hear about a lot-definitely a crush). She said it wasn't as bad as she thought it was going to be, but we had lots of discussion about staying true to who she is and not worrying so much about hurting other people's feelings. If they are truly a friend, they will respect her decisions. I'm glad she talks to me and the consequences of choices at this age are minimal, but great opportunities to learn. I hope she keeps talking to me! She didn't want to tell Ryan that she danced with a boy, but he asked her outright and she told the truth and he flipped out a bit. As parents, we are entering a place we don't want to go....she is growing up and that's a little scary!
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