First, Bailey and Ryan attended their 4th Girl Scout Daddy Daughter Dance at the end of January. Bailey was the only girl from her troop to go but that didn't give her a moments hesitation...for her and Ryan this is a "must" event. This year's theme was "Bella Notte" and would offer dinner and dancing, flowers and photos all for the low low price of $30 (which honestly can't be beat)! Partially out of necessity but mostly out of fun I went shopping for a dress to surprise Bailey, she had an older dress that would have worked but what fun is that? She's also been working so hard in school lately and I really wanted to give her a little surprise to reward her efforts.
So a day or two before the dance I bought the dress and carefully laid it out on her bed, after school once all homework was done I told her I had a little something waiting on her bed. You've never seen a happier little girl and I thought she looked just beautiful for her and Ryan's big night...but being her mom I would have thought she looked beautiful in a flour sack.
The big dance was a wonderful success and hopefully a special memory that neither of them will forget.
But Bailey isn't the only busy kid in this family and Collin has been running full throttle with Basketball and Boy Scouts. This month was the big Pinewood Derby for Pack 297! Collin's car did very well and we were so proud of all the work he put into it. He definitely had some help; I'm not about to let a 7 year old operate a scroll saw! That being said he did pick the design by finding one of his matchbox cars as a model, helped draw the pattern on the block, sanded, painted and decaled his little heart out! Our final product (drum roll please...)
It wasn't the big winner for our division, but honestly the winning car obviously had more adult help than Collin did! Not taking 1st place definitely was a lesson in "sportsmanship" that Collin didn't relish, but he'll learn.
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