Daughter's First Date!

Time for something happy to blog! It's the "Valentine" week and it started last night for my daughter and husband as they attended their first "Daddy/Daughter Date Night" at our church. We began planning weeks ago. First the announcement came in the mail. My husband was so excited because he's wanted to take her to this for so long! Last year, she was finally old enough to go, but we were out of town in DisneyWorld so they missed it. This was finally their year! After reading the invitation to her, Daddy bent down on one knee and asked her if she would go on a date with him. Well, lately, my dear daughter who is nearly 6 but going on 26 years old, has been trying to "talk like a grown up" as she puts it. She looked her dad square in the eye and said "Sure I will!". Well, then it's time to plan! We had to go find a new dress. I took her shopping and we picked out the sweetest dress, and I must say, she looked like a grown up when she put it on!
All the mom's decorated tables for the evening. I had such fun putting together centerpieces, and goodie bags for the tables. And my sweet hubby made sure they sat at the table that I had decorated~which was sweet, because some of the other tables were really good! One lady had the great idea to place disposable cameras on the table so that those sitting there could take pictures! (I would have sat at that table personally!)
When it was time to get ready, my daughter wanted to make sure that how she looked in the dress would be a suprise for daddy. We got her dressed behind closed doors, all the while she was yelling at her daddy "don't come in here, it's a suprise!" Then she made me look down the hall to make sure her daddy wouldn't see her as we quickly ran into the bathroom to do her hair. Again, we got ready behind closed doors, with her still yelling, "don't come in here daddy, I'm doing my hair and I'm not ready yet! (I know, I know, she's only 6 now, and it's going to get worse!) Well when she got ready, daddy announced that he would be "right back" and he left. She walked into the living room and began twirling around and around because her dress was PERFECT for twirling! Suddenly, the doorbell rang. At first she paid no attention to it, but I told her she needed to go to the door. She opened the door and to her suprise, Daddy was there, wearing his sports coat and looking pretty dapper! He was there to pick her up for their "DATE"! She was sooooo excited! We took a few pictures, and out the door they went. When they got home from their special evening, I was asking how everything went. They ate dinner, they had a live band playing so there was lots of dancing, and I knew it was a good night when my daughter exclaimed "Mom, I liked that better than Chuck E Cheese!"
Well, you know that it was a good night if not even Chuck E Cheese could compare.
J