Bregon & The Engagement Party

This past weekend, I took Bregon down to New Orleans with me to attend my cousin's engagement party.

There were an awful lot of things that I had to do to get him ready in preparation for the party.

First off, he needed a suit and tie to wear. I was able to find a nice suitable one at Burlington, thankfully.

Having to buy a suit without the body that is to wear it, however, isn't easy at all!

The suit fit for the most part, except the arm length could have been a tad bit longer. But, beggars cannot be choosers in my case!

After school, I picked him up and headed over to the mall to have his hair cut. It had grown quite long, actually, and was in bad need of a trim!

I even remembered to bring the picture insert from his Dr. Who Season Three dvd so that we could show the people what sort of hair he really wanted!

While the triplets had lunch out of their little go-cups, they watched Bregon get his new "Do."

Next, came my biggest dilemma. We had to find some sort of shoes for him to wear with that new suit.

We scoured the mall for something that would have multi-uses and not just be a one time-wear.

Everything we found was either clunky or something that we would never ever find a use for.

Finally, Bregon had a bright idea. Maybe it was inspired by his new Dr. Who (David Tennant) hair, I shall never know.

He finally told me that there were these great all black converse high-tops at the same place where we had bought his school shoes.

I had a quick flash-back memory of how, when I was little, we had all sat in my parent's living room and helped my pseudo big brother color all of his favorite tennis shoes black with a sharpie marker so that he could have black shoes to wear with his tux to prom.

Wouldn't he find this amusing now? My 13 year old suddenly had the perfect solution to our problem.

So, being the weird Mum that I am, I actually found this to be a great idea, and actually purchased the all black converse high-tops for my child to wear with his suit.

I figured that if anybody asked, we could always tell them that it was the latest fashion from the U.K. which wouldn't be far from the truth.

Dr. Who is super huge over there, and he always wears a different pair of converse with each of his suits in the show!

So, we were set. I had a dress and new shoes, and Bregon had his suit and new shoes as well.

I wasn't able to find a suitable tie to match that wasn't in some odd color or a clip-on, so Husband gave Bregon one of his ties from the 80's.

Once we got down to New Orleans, Bregon let me know that he didn't really like that 80's tie, so we decided to pick one up Saturday afternoon.

I am so proud of Bregon. He was such a gentleman at the party. He did not run around like a chicken with his head cut off like the other kids his age.

In fact, he actually was super good and used all of his manners and did great.

Once the party began to wind down, a friend of ours finally was able to catch one of the other children his age and introduce them.

Bregon spent the rest of the night (until midnight actually) playing ping-pong with the other kids.

He had a wonderful time, and I was a very thankful Mum that night!