Daddy Daughter Dance 2018

Oh what a night!!! Early February back in 18... what a very special night for me.  What a lady, what a night!   Franklin took Nora on the last Daddy Daughter Dance at Lakeside Primary school.  Nora was thrilled, and although I was afraid she wasn't feeling her best and told Franklin I wouldn't be surprised if they came home early he said they stayed for the very last song, which was I thought incredibly cute----- 'Good night sweetheart, goodnight." 

Nora was looking forward to this night and she willed herself healthy, because my intuition was right and she woke up later in the night with a fever.  But this girl loves to dance, she loves to dress up and she loves her daddy, and nothing wsa stopping her.  She looked beautiful and wore new pearl earrings her daddy got her (real--he is wrapped!) and a silver necklace her great grandmother got for her when she was a baby and I've been saving.  A matching bracelet is there from her grandmother too, but we can save that.  Nora won't take the earrings out, or the necklace off and I honestly don't blame her.  She had a great time, with a great daddy and these are the days and the times we (they) will never get back and Franklin won't ever take for granted.  We KNOW, these are the family years and they go quickly by.  We feel them flying past,  and boy are we grateful for this time.  

So here is a side note of something interesting too.  When we saw the class list of Nora's class we didn't recognize one single name.  Boy or girl. I was worried.  I thought we had a good teacher, but we know by now the class is almost just as important as a good teacher. And all of these girls in the pictures from the dance are new friends that Nora has made in her class.  No I don't know a lot of the mommies, they are not in PTO, but I LOVE that this year that Nora has made friends of all kinds, and all walks of life, and I got to just watch it.  No interference from me.  She has great friends, many of whom I am friends with the mothers and we have facilitated a friendship with our daughters.  But these girls, she has made all on her own, and I couldn't be prouder or learn more than I have this year about that. Franklin said she spend most of her time with her classmates.  

This picture is one of my all time favorites.  He is crazy about his girl.