…actually, it’s lots of girls.
Saturday night was K’s prom night, and that means all the to-do; getting hair done up, getting dressed, meeting everyone for photos, the dance, and this time around — the post-dance party and sleepover, which we hosted.
Kay’s hair looked wonderful, and she and Kev made a great couple. The photo shoot at the Ameristar Hotel lobby was a zoo, with kids from many schools milling the lobby and promenade, but everyone looked dressed to the nines.
Mo got periodic text updates from K (another girl wore her same dress!) while we finished prepping the house. Later that evening the kids started arriving — we have no idea what the peak occupancy was, but as the boys filed out between 1:30AM – 2AM, we believe the overnight count was 16 girls! I didn’t have an exact count, because I had to leave by 7:30AM to play trombone and sing at the final McClay campus church service, and the girls were still going strong at 3AM when I finally went to bed.
During the time I was at church, my cocoon hatched! As previously expected, it was a Polyphemus moth, and a bouncing baby girl, at that. In the photo here, she was still hanging to allow blood to flow to the wings as they unfolded into shape (here is how she will eventually look). As the weekend was drizzly and cool, I am waiting until lunchtime today to release her into the wild. I’m crossing my fingers that she’ll have luck mating before her ~1 week of life is over. I wouldn’t mind more of these beauties hanging cocoons in the local flora.
"é rayhahn, rayhahn" 