{"id":1033,"date":"2012-02-27T10:41:51","date_gmt":"2012-02-27T16:41:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.whaleylife.com\/blog\/?p=1033"},"modified":"2012-02-27T10:41:51","modified_gmt":"2012-02-27T16:41:51","slug":"valentines-dance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.whaleylife.com\/blog\/archives\/1033","title":{"rendered":"Valentine&#8217;s Dance"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/whaleylife.com\/photos\/d\/6900-1\/P1050390.JPG?resize=266%2C400\" alt=\"\" width=\"266\" height=\"400\"\/><br \/>\nEthan had the chance to take all three girls to the Valentine&#8217;s Dance at our church. I thought he may just want to do the older girls, but he was all in. And of course, with all three going, I just had to go shopping. I took Megan and Audrey one day and Megan went straight to her choice. She tried it on and twirled in the dressing room like a bride. No doubt, it had to be bought. Audrey&#8217;s was really my choice, but she is still compliant enough to like it. I took Alyssa one night and got a good glimpse into our future. She didn&#8217;t like what I picked and I certainly didn&#8217;t like what she picked. How long can we hold off the teenage years? We finally headed to the dressing room with about 5 dresses. One was itchy, one twirled good, one didn&#8217;t twirl, wrong color &#8211; you get the idea.  She was actually trying hard to pick the one she knew I liked, but in the end I let her choose.<\/p>\n<p>Dressed, tights, hair x 3 and they were off. The girls had a blast and danced the whole 2 hours, Ethan said. Megan walked into the room and headed straight to the front to dance by the big speakers, while Alyssa hung by Daddy and shared a few dances together. One of many special nights to come with the privilege of three girls.<br \/>\n<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/whaleylife.com\/photos\/d\/6905-1\/P1050404.JPG?resize=400%2C266\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"266\"\/><br \/>\n<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/whaleylife.com\/photos\/d\/6907-1\/P1050407.JPG?resize=400%2C266\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"266\"\/><br \/>\n<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/whaleylife.com\/photos\/d\/6909-1\/P1050408.JPG?resize=266%2C400\" alt=\"\" width=\"266\" height=\"400\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ethan had the chance to take all three girls to the Valentine&#8217;s Dance at our church. I thought he may just want to do the older girls, but he was all in. 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