Knight for a Princess

A few months ago, my Dad called to ask my oldest daughter on a date! He wanted to take her to a "ball" that his put on by the Grand Forks park district called "A Knight for a Princess." Of course I said yes without hesitation! This is one date she can go on any time and I will always be ok with it!

Leading up to the big date, I was a little nervous that Jade wouldn't leave my side and go with Grandpa to the ball. Little did I know, she'd actually be waving bye to me as I buckled her into her car seat!! I had prepped Jade for a couple weeks, talking about the ball and how much fun she would have. The week of the ball she figured out that Grandpa would be taking her alone...that I would be staying at Grandma and Grandpa's house. She wasn't sure about that at first, but quickly changed her mentality and was ready to go.

I drove with the girls up to Grand Forks by myself, leaving Nate at home to sheet rock the basement. That's a whole story in itself! In a nut shell, Megan sleeps for 30-40 minutes in a car...even at nap time which is usually 2-3 hours. So, Saturday...day of the ball Jade wakes up in the morning ready to put on her pretty dress. Yay!! We are at Grams and Gramps and she's still excited to go! After her nap, I get her to let me curl her hair. We prep and get ready, she looks sooo pretty! I am one proud Mama!! My Dad equally excited as Jade is! He gets dressed up and looks very handsome himself and off they go! Our goals was to have Jade last at least a half hour, they didn't get home until after 8...it' started at 6.

Upon their return, I got to listen to my 3 year old princess tell me all about how wonderful the ball was. She got to dance with other girls, dance with Grandpa, eat chicken nuggets with ketchup and ranch, get a t-shirt, get a prize bag, have pictures taken, AND best of ALL see queens!! The park board does a great job putting this on as far as I can tell. They had the Grand Cities Queen, Twin Cities Queen, and one more there in their ball gown and tiara's. Jade absolutely ate that up!! That is the one thing she continues to talk about. She got a tiara from the queen...and the queen asked her what her name was!! This was a big deal for a 3 year old!! I wish I could have been a fly on the wall at the Alerus Center that night!! I think this was a huge hit and something my Dad gets to continue to do with Jade...and maybe Megan for years to come! Good job Dad for starting such a fun tradition!!

Here are a couple pictures from the fun night. We have to get my Dad on the smart phone band wagon so he can take good pictures with his phone!