It was with proud but tearfilled eyes I watched as my firstborn celebrated his Year 7 formal announcing the end of an era and the start of a whole new one.
Myself & some other wonderful mums jumped at the chance to organise the decor & glam up the night. We transformed a boring dull Year 10 classroom into a fiesta of sparkle & bling and a sea of silver & blue as chosen by the class. It was labour intensive but “our kids were gonna have the best shebang in the history of Year 7 at Sunrise” … and that they did.
Our tiredness was swallowed up in an instant by the sheer delight on their faces that night as they entered the room for the first time and marveled at the transformation that had taken place .. and all for them! All we could do was sit back & enjoy their delight, their smiles, their humour, their marvel & their comradeship.
It was a bittersweet night because they have all grown up together in the same intimate class mostly from grade 2, knowing that they would soon be apart. Some are staying on for high school there and others, like Liam are moving out to a different high school.
I lavished the opportunity to photograph them all but like many of my shoots I can’t share here on the blog for privacy reasons … but here is one of my boy, oddly enough merely sitting for me as I setup but I love it – I love outtakes!
I know he reads my blog so .. “Congratulations of graduating to high school son … we’re sooo very proud of you babe!”
Mum & Dad
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Some photos of the glammed up room above | View all the photos
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