80s Night

Our daycare center—St. Anthony’s Day School—holds a silent auction every year to raise funds for teacher appreciation and special events.  This year’s theme was “80s Night.”  This was our first time attending the auction, and we decided to get into the spirit of the evening by dressing up.  Elise wore neon tights, a lace headband and fishnet gloves.  Bryant wore a Van Halen t-shirt and a fake mullet.  Amazingly, we were able to order all of this from Amazon (how would we survive without Amazon Prime?).  As you can see from the photo (above), the final result was pretty impressive.  So impressive, in fact, that we won “best costume” (beating out some strong competition from a couple dressed as Maverick and Charlie from Top Gun) and a free dinner at Joe Theismann’s Restaurant.  The auction itself was a lot of fun—a nice way to socialize with other families from school.  We walked away with a toy pirate chest (made by Henry’s teacher), a wine basket and an overnight stay at the New York Palace Hotel.  It looks like we have a trip to the Big Apple—maybe our first without kids—in our future.