This year was Rylee's first year participating in the Annual Auburndale's Daddy/Daughter Dance. This is a very big deal to these girls and a big event for the town. We of course went crazy with the whole thing and had a great time doing it. I let Rylee go online and pick out her own dress, went to the mall and she picked out her own earrings & tiara from Claires and shoes of course. The day of the dance all of us moms meet early that morning and took the girls to get their toes & nails painted, we went to lunch at pizza connection and then they had hair appts at Tanglez to get "up-do's"!! After that we all went home to get dressed & ready to go. Rylee just had the best day getting all pampered & when she put on her dress she was absolutely gorgeous!! Well we met back up with the group at Hollis Gardens~ which is a beautiful place in Lakeland to take pictures...that is where we had the limo pick them up (yes I did say limo & no I dont know what they are gonna expect once they finally get to go to prom?? ;) ...And of course they finally get to get rid of us moms!! ha!! Shane said "this is not the Daddy/Daughter/Mom dance"....but it is really hard for us moms to let go....afterall we put in a lot of hardwork behind the scenes that the dad dont have to worry about. We help get the dress picked out, get it altered to fit, arrange for all tickets, limo, hair appts, corsages, etc. All we ask is to just be there to take some pictures ahead of time! :) ....The limo took all of them to the dance which is at the civic center, where they had a professional picture taken, had dinner and of course a DJ for a fun night of dancing! After the dance we meet them all at Chilis for dessert to top the night off! Rylee literally talked about this for days after~ she had such a wonderful time and is already talking about what dress she wants for next year! Thanks Shane for being such a great Daddy and giving Rylee memories that she will never forget! I love you both!
