Father-Daughter dance and a Sleepover

Last Friday was the father-daughter dance at Emmie's school. She was soooo excited. I had found 2 dresses at Kohl's that were cute and so she got to try them on and we both really liked the same one. She obviously felt so pretty in it. She asked me to fix her hair the same way that I fix mine when I'm going somewhere nice (she's obviously trying to win daughter of the year award!) so we curled her hair and she was thrilled with the result. 

I also let her put on a little bit of makeup (pale pink eyeshadow, a little blush, and some clear lip gloss). She loved getting all dolled up and being the center of everyone's attention as the sisters were so excited to watch. We told Emmie she could pick where she and Paul ate dinner and she picked Moes. When they got to the dance poor Paul was sent to the sidelines with the other dads but Emmie apparently had a wonderful time and every now and then Paul was allowed to dance too!

While Emmie was off having a great time, Ellie had her friend little Emerson over for a "sleepover". (By the way, we always refer to her as "little" Emerson. This was started when she was 2 poor thing. I'm pretty sure when she gets married she'll still be "little" Emerson to our family!) This is by far the best kind of sleepover. Emerson came over a little before 5 and her mom picked her up around 8. The girls wore their pajamas, laid around in their sleeping bags, watched movies, played outside, painted fingernails, ate pizza, and decorated cookies. All the sleepover things and everyone still got a good nights sleep! Some of Emmie's friends did this last year and Ellie has been BEGGING to have a sleepover with Emerson for most of the school year so I thought this would be the perfect opportunity for Ellie to get to have a playdate that was super special. Emerson and Ellie spent many days in the carpool line planning their activities and somewhere along the way Ellie determined that you HAD to have cookies at sleepover. So funny! Ruthie was allowed to join in on the fun and all three girls had a GREAT time (the best sleepover EVER according to Ellie).