Tanya's date

Over the weekend Luis and I went shopping for his first suit. For him it was just another weekend, but for me it was a happy-sad milestone. Buying - and wearing - their first suit is a rite of passage for most awkward high school boys as they finally evolve and get to look like grown up civilized men on the outside, even for just one evening... This is the same feeling I had three years ago when I brought Nikki to an atelier to get fitted for her first prom gown with the bustiere top and spaghetti straps. My children are growing up fast.
Luis needs the suit for when he becomes the escort of a girl named Tanya on March 28 at the ballroom of the Peninsula hotel. It's Tanya's school's junior senior prom, and she invited my 16-year old son to be her date. For one evening my son will have one and only one girl on his mind. Forget mom, forget his sister Niks, there is just Tanya, his first date. And his suit.
And so we went shopping for his suit just so he could look all proper and handsome for Tanya, lucky girl. We also inquired on the cost of corsages...(he didn't know he was supposed to give her one!) AND last Saturday, to Nikki's amusement, I rehearsed Luis on Rules when Meeting the Parents. Next weekend, we do another set of Rules..all to smoothen out the barbaric habits he somehow acquired while growing up thanks to my auto-pilot parenting style, my gosh I hope he does not remove his shoes and socks in public, I hope he does not pick his nose, I hope he does not brag to his date how he can manage to survive five days without brushing his teeth.
Here are some pictures taken at fitting rooms. We still have to buy his tie and his shirt. (he says he wants to check first on the color of Tanya's gown!)