Pics of my Girls
 

Here are some pics of my nieces before the Homecoming game this past Friday. My SIL took these pics, I was to busy chasing balloons:eek:

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Morgan (13) Toire (17) Jessica (15)

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Jessica and Paul aka PB & JS *peanut butter and jelly sandwich

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Jess and Paul again...

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Morgan and her date - Can't think of his name - I wish this hadnt of been dark:(

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Morgan and her friend Lacie

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Toire - she is a senior so their's are all white

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Time flies! I cant believe she is a senior!

What are those things?? I've never seen them before. They are hilarious!

Are you talking about the things that they are wearing??

Yeah, of course.

Thank you from saving me from sounding really OLD. I wondered too :D....

Great shots Twalla - I can tell you have a great family even if you did forget that boys name :p:p:p

Just making sure:p I didnt want to have wake Sam up and sic'em on ya:D

They are homecoming mums - Found this online... I think its a Southern thing :thumbup:

The Homecoming

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The first homecoming celebration dates back to the year 1911. University of Missouri Athletic Director, Chester Brewer, afraid that fans and alumnus would not attend the “big game” due to a change in location, devised a plan to add some excitement to the game. He challenged the alumnus to return home for a great celebration with parades, parties, a rally, and of course the big game.
Over 9,000 fans returned home for the event, which is recorded as the first official homecoming game. The rest is history. Now almost every middle school, high school, and college in the country continues this annual tradition.
Part of the southern tradition is the Homecoming Mum. Only one person can be a homecoming queen, but everyone can wear a mum fit for royalty.
Think of trinkets and charms as jewelry for your mum. As tradition goes, most mums have bells and whistles, and usually a football or two, and maybe a rabbit’s foot for luck.
Charms are usually chosen to represent the wearer. A basketball may be added for a basketball player, a music note for a band student, etc.
Letters and numbers are applied on the ribbons with the wearers name, school year, boy or girlfriend’s name, etc.
White and silver mums are sometimes worn by seniors to set them apart from underclassmen.
Ribbons are also a part of the look. Braided ribbons or beaded garlands of stars, hearts, footballs, bears, or chains are added to personalize your mum.
Warning to all – Don’t mix and match silver and gold trinkets, ribbons or letters and remember, the more the better.

V! You live here so you should know what those are!:eek: Im going to have to take away your Texas card:rolleyes:

With Morgan, I cant keep up with them. I just call'em "Flavor of the Week" most of the time but didnt think it would be very nice to post that :D .... o0h to be 14 again!!!

Wow..Ive never seen or heard of them, either and I'm from GA!

Hmm then maybe its a Texas thing:eek:

hope they had fun! :D i bet they were so excited!

(i have never seen or heard of the things they are wearing either!?) thanks for sharing. :)

We always had mums but not all the ribbons, and fuzzy things hanging down. Love the pics Twalla! Your girls are very pretty!

nice pics! I have never heard of those things either! very neat though

They did have a good time at the game. I cant remember if they have a dance or not. Its not "cool" to go :D

WOW! We have always had Mums, thats what homecoming is all about. These are small in comparison to what they can be. They can be triple size mums with lights... it can get crazy and EXPENSIVE!

Thanks Poo .. I think they get their looks after their Aunt :rolleyes:

Morgan just got her braces on that morning so she is still trying to adjust.