Daddy Daughter Dance

The Saturday before Valentine's Day Brooklyn and I went to our second Daddy Daughter dance and had a blast. It was a very fun night and I can't wait to do it again next year. We ended up going with a bunch of friends which made the evening that much better. It is a fun night where we can all dress up, go out to dinner and then dance the night away. Last year we went by ourselves and although we had a great time, going with a bunch of other people was a lot better.


Here are al the girls at the dance. I think all but one are in Brooklyn's grade and they all go to the same school. She plays soccer with a couple of them and does lots of different things with them. I know that she had a blast spending the whole night with them. I almost felt a little left out this year. Last year it was all about her and me and this year it was all about her and her friends. I was thinking that she is way to young to be over hanging out with her dad already but she had a great time and that is what matters most.


Brooklyn and her friends getting low, low, low, low, low, low.


Bringing up the rear of the train.


Brooklyn busting out the moves. It was amazing to watch her dance and see her do all the moves from the various songs. I don't know where she picked up all those moves but for every song that came on she seemed to know all the moves for that song. She got very into the songs and was cutting some serious rug.


This is probably my favorite picture of the night. If you look at the expression on her face you can tell that she is having the time of her life. This makes it all worth it.


I did manage to sneak a dance in every once and awhile with Brooklyn. She did spend most of the night dancing with her friends but allowed me to have a couple dances as well. I was surprised by the number of dads that just sat there the whole night and didn't dance with their daughters once. I can't even imagine just sitting there and feel bad for those daughters. It really defeats the purpose of the experience.


Here we are at the restaurant before the dance. We had our own little date night and made an evening of it. I think there was a total of 13 of us that went together and really made the whole night a lot of fun. I know that Brooklyn loved hanging with her friends the whole night and had a ton of fun.


Brooklyn with Meghan, Lauren and Mr. Randy on our way out the door. All dressed up and ready to party.


Brooklyn, Meghan and Lauren before the dance.


Daddy with his little (getting bigger) girl. I treasure the times when I get to go out and do things with the kids and look forward to many more dances with my girls. I hope that Brooklyn remembers these times as I know that I will. The kids grow up so fast and I need to make sure that I take advantage of all these things while I can. It will only be a matter of time before she wants nothing to do with her dad.

Brooklyn's Basketball Season is Over.

Brooklyn's basketball season has come to an end and even though they struggled throughout the season Brooklyn had a lot of fun (thanks to her other girl friends). Brooklyn's team was the only one with three girls and only one other team had two. There were even a couple of teams with no girls. In a game that gets dominated by the boys sometimes it was interesting watching them play. The main thing is that they had a lot of fun and are starting to develop a passion for the game. I think Jennie and Randy are both glad to be done. There is another league in March but it is boys and girls again and we may wait until third grade to put Brooklyn back in. That way she will play against and with all girls. Plus she will be starting soccer and swimming again and will be quite busy. Pictures and video were hard to come by with Jennie coaching and Payton wanting to run all around the place. I did manage to get a few so here you go. The top picture is the "Girl Power" (Meghan, Alexa and Brooklyn).


We need to work with Brooklyn on moving around and trying to get open. She is one of the tallest kids in the league but likes to come up to the three point line and call for the ball.


Here she is cutting to the hole but the boys on her team tend to not pass and take the ball themselves.


This would have been a really good picture if it weren't for the ref. Brooklyn is not afraid to shoot and these shots will eventually start to fall on a regular basis.


Not sure about the angle of this shot but it actually almost went in.


This may have actually been a picture of one that went in. I think she made two baskets during the year and I know I got a picture of one of them.


Jennie and her assistant coach (Nolan) under the basket giving instructions. Check out the killer boots.

To celebrate the end of the season I took Brooklyn to the CAV's vs. Heat game this past Thursday. It was a TNT televised game which mean it didn't start until 8:00 which made for a long night. By half time she was getting tired. She actually started to doze off during the 3rd and 4th quarters. Not sure how she could sleep during all the noise and racket but she did. Finally with about 4 minutes left to go and the CAV's up by 16 I decided it was probably safe to leave. I thin we got home a little after 11:00 but she did a good job at getting up the next morning and getting ready for school so all is well. I told her that night that if she gave mom any problems in the morning I wouldn't be able to take her again so she must want to go again. It was kind of cool because she got to go down on the floor before the game and take pictures of the teams warming up. I dropped the camera off at WalMart and can't wait to see how the pictures come out. I know that Maddux got to do the same thing last year and it is funny to see the pictures they take and what they are looking at during the game. I hope to scan some of those next week and post them. It was a fun night and as much fun as they have I think I enjoy it more. I love to watch basketball and am glad that I can take the kids knowing that they will have a fun time.