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Butterfly Ball 2019

After a hiatus from the Butterfly Ball last year (Dad was out of town), Brynn was ready to go back this year and this time bring Clara with her. Girls need to be four years old to attend, so this was the first time Clara was eligible. I think Brynn has one more year left next year and then she's done.

I needed to update my polish anyhow, so I booked an appointment for all three of us to get our nails done. Clara was indecisive between doing her toes or fingernails and ultimately opted for toes. It's always such a riot when they work on her since she's so little.



Brynn went with her fav color.



Again, being little is hard. They had to set her up with a box and some towels so that she could reach
the dryer to dry her toes. Haha.



Next was up do's at the salon.





She loves to be a goon. :-)



Brynn and all her thick hair turned out beautifully.

It was pretty chilly still today so we did our pics inside. They ended up looking pretty formal and portrait studio-like, but oh well. I've never ordered the professional pics that they take at the dance, so we did this instead.


Again, this girl.









It's just not as fun to act normal.







Whew! Sorry, that was kind of photo overload.

The girls wanted to go out to Carinos, of course. Clara was very concerned about me eating dinner by myself and being 'lonely and sad,' so she wanted me to come out to eat with them. It's hard for me to turn down pasta, so I joined them.




I made a stop after we ate while the three of them went on to the dance, but it wasn't long after I had gotten home that Dana texted me that Brynn wasn't having a very good time and asked if I could come pick her up. I thought she maybe was just bored and being a bit dramatic, but when I picked her up, she started tearing up and said she wasn't feeling very well and just wanted to go. She complained of the pins in her hair hurting, so I think that was causing her a lot of discomfort and a headache. She also said the music was pretty loud for her. So, she and I went grocery shopping together while Clara and Dana shut down the ball.

So cute! I love this one.


 Dana said Clara had to sit up on the stage with the big girls.


Comments

theweckerlys said…
Aw I love how their hair turned out!! Gorgeous pictures! I have beautiful nieces 😊
Anonymous said…
Awwww, what an adorable time together!

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