Girls Night Out

Amelia, Grandma Rosie and I had a girls night out this weekend. We went downtown to the Arneson River Theatre and saw Fiesta Noche Del Rio. Amelia was so excited to see "Big Girl Folklorico" dancers like herself. While we were waiting for the show to start she spotted a river taxi and had to have a ride on it. Of course I could not refuse. So I paid $8 for us to ride about 5 minutes up the river and get off and walk back. O-well, how could I say no, it was our special date night. While we were walking back to the theatre we were talking and I was telling Amelia how proud I was of her and what a smart, kind, honest girl she was growing up to be. She said to me "Yes, but Daddy is sad that I am growing up". It's so funny how much she picks up on. She is right, Daddy is having a very hard time with the fact that his baby girl is no longer a baby anymore.

Speaking of growing up.... A family sat next to us who had a little boy named Jayden. Jayden had quite the personality and really liked Amelia. He went and sat next to her at the beginning of the show and by the end of the show he was as close to her as he could get. Amelia handled herself well and inched away whenever he got to close.

Throughout the whole show the dancers kept picking Amelia and Jayden out of the crowd to go up and dance with them. They were more then willing to participate. At one point, the host asked all the couples celebrating an anniversary to come up. She introduced them and said she was going to sing two songs for them to dance to. Then she invited any members of the audience that were in love to come up and dance. At that moment Jayden stood up and took Amelia by the hand to dance. The audience went wild and started to cheer and clap for them. They danced two songs together. It was really cute and I am glad Frank was not there because I don't think he would have allowed it.

Another wonderful night full of wonderful memories. I am so lucky to have the family that I have!