Partay!

On Saturday night, we Rowes went to a combo birthday/retirement party for a long-time member of the chorus we sing with, held at the church at which Ethan and I perform once a month as part of a vocal quartet.  Never mind that Madeleine has been to several of the aforementioned performances.  As we reached the entryway, she asked, "Daddy?  Have we ever BEEN here before?"

The kids had been on the fence about coming to this party.  We'd suggested going just for the last hour, so they could enjoy some cake and meet some of the members of our chorus, but could still spend most of the earlier part of their day playing at home.  Julia was suspicious of even this plan: "But is it going to be one of those BORING kinds of parties, or a fun one?"

Lucky for the girls, the party turned out to be a fun one.  Not only were there three different flavors of cake, but there was a DJ playing all sorts of music, and Madeleine was quick to start busting a move:

 

 

Julia was more self-conscious about dancing, but she finally came out of her shell when the song "YMCA" came on.  You see, Julia is kind of an expert at the moves to that song, having practiced them with her swim team-mates in order to dance along to the song at Districts.  In fact, Julia's dancing was so impressive that a random party-guest attempted to capture it on camera.

JULIA: Mom!  Some lady was trying to take a picture of me doing "YMCA," and she said, "Julia, I'm trying to take your picture because you're so AWESOME at the moves to this song, but the pictures keep coming out blurry!" And Mommy? How do you think she knew my name is Julia???

It's because you are SO amazing at the YMCA movements that you're famous.  Or because you're wearing a name tag.

At any rate, both girls were full of delight as we left the party.  

JULIA: Well, that was a real HOOTENANY!

Indeed it was.  I can't wait to watch my girls break out their moves next month at Auntie Caitlyn's wedding!