Royalty in the family

When our oldest came home from school a few weeks ago and told us he had a shot at being homecoming royalty, I thought, "well, yeah, everyone has a shot." Then, he made the cut to the top 25, and I thought, "Hm... interesting." Then last week he came singing down the sidewalk into the house and excitedly whispered to me while doing a little dance, "I'm on the homecoming court!"

I grew up in a smaller town of less than 10,000 people. There were just over 100 kids in my graduating class. Homecoming was a big deal in my town. I have to assume it's the same thing in a bigger city high school. Apparently, his classmates rank him in the top twelve or so of over 300 kids. I just had no idea that he rated so high.

I feel bad saying that, but how is a parent (or pseudo-parent) to judge where in their kid's society their kid is?

So, now we have to line up a tux, go to coronation, go to the parade, and whatever else it seems that the parents of homecoming royalty should do. Weird weird weird.