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dazzle dance

erin

Feb 22, 2020 — 2 min read

The girls always ask why there is a daddy daughter dance and not a mommy daughter dance. It turns out our gym does a family dance, and Braden happened to be out of town this weekend. So.... that made it a mommy daughter dance.

The gym has a salon, so they did the girls hair and nails. Olivia was SUPER excited about getting curls in her hair. She had the biggest smile on her face the entire time.

Emma also got curls. Afterward she asked why I don't have a curling iron so I can do this to their hair all the time. 🤷🏼‍♀️

We had dinner, did crafts, took photos at a photo booth, decorated a cookie and danced.

Looks like I might have done a little too much dancing.... 🤷🏼‍♀️ I had to limp out of there through the wet parking lot. 😂

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