All About The Armstrongs: Prom Night Delight! (Day 61)

There’s a thunderstorm raging outside, and Leia is woken up by a tense Tiddles, who is not enjoying the storm! She sits with him and distracts him until the worst is over

Before giving him breakfast

And helping out Kate with the morning chores

While she prepares some omelettes for breakfast

And the family (minus Josette who’s too busy playing in the bath) sit down to enjoy them

Talking to Mateo about his first day of high school

And talking to Leia about her prom as Josette joins the table

Before heading off, Leia gives her brother some encouraging words, assuring him that high school is great!

And the trio head out to school

Leaving Kate with household chores to do

And Salim with articles to write

He gets to work talking to his bosses and arranging schedules and interviews as well as writing up a new piece

While Kate receives a phone call from Summer, who wants to meet for coffee

The two sit and enjoy coffee for a while, talking about all sorts of things. Neither can believe that it’s Leia’s last day of high school – where has the time gone?!

And after a quick bite to eat

And a chat with Maaike, a friend from work and a fellow bookworm

Kate heads home just in time to greet her children, who rush quickly into the protection of the house as a thunderstorm has just hit the town

While Mateo recaps his first day to his Dad (it went great and he made a lot of friends!)

Leia is upstairs, hoping that the weather will clear up before the prom! (It’s only raining now, so fingers crossed!)

After a while of chatting, Leia shows Kate the hairstyle and make up she wants for her prom

And she happily obliges, helping her daughter get ready for the prom!
(note: yes, this photo was supposed to be like this. I was planning on covering Leia’s dress but oh well!)

While Leia puts the finishing touches to her outfit, Harry shows up to pick her up!

Salim pulls out his best Dad-face as he greets the young man, who shakes his hand and impresses him immediately with his manner

The two get to know each other a bit, with Salim trying to maintain the scary-father image but actually softening to him quickly

Before heading to the bottom of the stairs to wait for the woman of the hour

Who glides gracefully down the stairs looking absolutely perfect!
awwww

Leia, quite rightly, hugs her father first, as he tells her how pretty she looks

Before heading over to Harry, who simply agrees with the comments of her father

And with no time left to waste, it’s prom time! Luckily the weather cleared up!
The lot is the Club Calico lot, and I redesigned it as a beach themed prom – I thought it matched Leia’s personality pretty well! (I have ideas for Mateo and Josette’s already too… Just wait!)

And Leia stands to take in the prom, with the balloon lined entrance

The straw-topped gazebos

Matching bar

And of course, a dance floor!

The teens are all quick to the dance floor as the headline DJ gets the tunes popping! GO LEIA!

They even do a fun little dance!

After a lot of dancing, Leia’s in need of a drink, so she heads to the juice shack with Harry

But the conversation quickly turns to food as the snacks are put out

And Leia is quick on them! Yum!
she’s just like her Father!

As she and her friends sit down to eat and enjoy their food, talk turns back to high school memories

While the guys get down on the dance floor!
YES! GO HARRY!

As the party winds down, Harry leads Leia away from the music to present her with a red rose!

Before asking her to officially be his girlfriend!

To which she quickly agrees, giving him a sweet peck and expressing her happiness

But as the rain begins over the prom the party finally winds down and the teenagers head home, Leia under the protection of her boyfriend’s umbrella

Harry walks Leia home and the two share a quick kiss outside before Leia heads in to the warmth of her bed, heart light with the happiness and thrills of tonight’s events

And with that comes the end of another day in Brindleton Bay!

What will happen next? Will Leia decide what she wants to do, once she becomes an adult? Will Mateo continue to enjoy school? How will Salim react to the news of his daughter’s ‘going steady’ with Harry?