Sashay Chantay

Friday afternoon I received a call from one of the wonderful ladies in our Dillards children's department. They all know me because I bought all of Sarah's school clothes and then returned them for uniforms, some of which I then exchanged. Saturday is kids day and they're doing a fashion show - and our girls were invited to be in it. Oh my goodness, of all the kids in all the world can you think of anyone else who would be more excited to do a fashion show than Sarah and Kate?

We zipped over to Dillards Friday night so they could pick which outfits they would model. They had a blast. Both girls picked Roxy sportswear complete with bags and jackets and fancy dresses.

The show today was great!! They had cookies, lemonade, face painting, coloring, balloons - what else could a kid ask for? Then came the fashion show. Both girls knew exactly what to do. Sarah was the first girl (after all the babies.) She strut down the runway in her Roxy outfit and posed her little tail off. So much so that the whole audience clapped for her. Then came Kate with her pigtails in little Roxy jeans and a backpack as big as she is. She got lots of "aaaaahs." Then I wisked both girls back to the dressing room for a change into the next outfit. All the coordinators were congratulating Sarah. After changing into "evening wear" the girls lined up for round two. When Sarah's turn came, the announcer bent down to Sarah and said, remember to give us a spin in that dress. Sarah was up for the task. She stunned the audience again with her runway moves. The announcer said "And here's comes Sarah again, in a fun dress. Oh look at her spin. When Sarah grows up she wants to be a rockstar and she just finished her first week of kindergarten. . . " Then Sarah stopped in the middle of the runway on her way back and the announcer sent Kate down. They posed together. "Sarah and Kate are sisters" the announcer said. Everyone clapped. Kate gave a spin and walked back to me. Sarah gave us a few more spins and finally sashayed off the runway. Everyone clapped again!!!

Now you all know I am not one of those moms that attempts to always portray my kids as perfect. But I have to say, they were wonderful today!! Neither girl was shy or meek. They walked out there, strut their stuff and had fun with it. And, not to be bragadocious, but none of the other kids got applause or ooohs or ahhhhs.

After the show several people came up to me saying that Sarah needs to be on stage. We're still considering the whole being on stage at 5 thing, but both ladies really did have fun today!!

P.S. Jeff took pictures since I was helping the girls change. We actually have a video clip of Sarah and Kate in the fancy dresses. I will be happy to burn copies to CD for anyone who wants one. It is really funny.