Daddy Daughter Dance....

On February 18th, the PTC put on a Daddy Daughter Dance at the school. Averi had been looking forward to this for weeks, and it basically took the entire week to prepare for the event. I started by taking her to WalMart, and let her pick out the pattern and material for her dress. We had a blast doing this, and she chose material that had gold sparkles on it....imagine that!
On Friday, I let her ditch school, and I took her for a big surprise.....to the nail salon for a manicure. (I have been waiting since the day she was born to be able to do that!) She was so good there, and everyone getting their nails done thought she was adorable. She got to pick out whatever polish she wanted,and she decided on gold glitter.
We had girl time getting her ready,and styling her hair,complete with a gold butterfly band. I even put some blush, eye shadow,and of course, sparkly lip stick on her.
I made her a corsage out of two dark pink and one light pink rose. It was the first time I attempted to do this, and I even went out and cut the fern in the front yard for the greenery in it. I was impressed how well it turned out,and it only took about five minutes to make! The last hurdle of the evening was making sure Steve got home from work on time. The weather was not cooperating, and they were expecting to close the Grapevine. I had to give him the..."you were gone for 11 weeks, and I don't ask much, but if you miss this dance, and Averi is left in tears".....speech! As he drove over the Grapevine to get to work, he knew he wouldn't make it home, so he turned around and took the day off!!!...one awesome husband and dad!

Steve and his little princess had a great time, and I worked at the dance, so I got to see them a bit there. So many dad's showed up with their daughters, and the dance was a huge success.