Liza of the Dance

The freakiest thing about this video is that the only thing that could have inspired it is the penguin dance scene from Mary Poppins, which features Dick Van Dyke doing some softshoe. How she got from that (and my mother doing The Twist at the wedding reception earlier this month) to Irish step dancing, I will never know.

Needless to say, the Lord of the Dance videos I dug up on YouTube tonight were well received. Gotta go request the full video of that and Stomp from the library.

Dance video

Wedding shots

Liza, Susan and Chloe pose before the ceremony. Yes, my daughter is jovial, and no, she's not drunk, all evidence to the contrary. Notice that Chloe has learned the hard way that it's best to keep an eye on Ms. Unpredictable, lest she run up and smack you for no reason while giggling maniacally. Notice also: Susan, Most Beautiful Bride On The Planet.


Action shot! I was on the outside end of the very front pew, so it was hard to get a good angle, but at least you can tell Liza had the right idea. Both girls made it down the aisle at a reasonable pace, sprinkling as they went, and not even stopping when they spotted grandparents and other relatives in the congregation. Again, Chloe's keeping an eye on the wild animal next to her.

Susan's father was too ill to attend the wedding, so Jason took his place for the second dance. Liza was not amused. You can't tell, but we had to duct tape her feet to the floor to keep her from joining them.

Most touching moment of the night? Susan managed to drag her stepfather out onto the dance floor during "Wind Beneath My Wings." Mr. I'm Too Baptist To Dance got served ;)
I think I'll blow this up to poster-size and send it to him - what do you think?

Video is ready, only YouTube is being all wonky and won't let me open the page, so you'll have to wait for that. Three-year-old line-dancing at the reception? Well worth the wait.

Status report

Back from the wedding, will write more and post photos when I've got the laundry pile lower than my waist, but in the meantime ...

Liza made it down the aisle (and back at the end of the service)!

Emergency Shawl

When it's one week before the wedding, I'm leaving for the east coast the next day, and I realize that my shoulders look like pizza and I don't want to gross everyone out by exposing them in my halter-style dress, there's only one thing to do: go stash-diving and knit a shawl. Fast. Like, in less than 8 hours of total working time.

Look how well the teal in the yarn matches the awesome sandals I'm going to be wearing. Now THAT'S some good stash-diving!

(I get bonus points for posting this from Dial-Up Land, where it took me damn near as long to upload the photos and post here as it did to make the shawl. Seriously, we have got to do something about my MIL's internet access.)

Flower girl practice

The wedding is in less than a month, and we didn't have anything better to do today, so we started Flower Girl Boot Camp today.



Of course, we don't have the right dress, or shoes, or hair thingee, or basket, or petals, but we did our best to come up with reasonable facsimiles. Today's agenda: walking slowly while sprinkling petals.



Looks like we've still got some work to do.

America's Funniest Home Videos, here we come

Liza's going to be a flowergirl in Jason's sister's wedding in July, and my mother-in-law is anxious to get the dresses ordered post haste. So today we braved the weather to go try on a couple sizes of dresses that are similar in style to the one Susan has picked out, so that we can make a best guess about what size Liza might be six months from now. Her Royal Highness was in favor of the "fancy dress store," especially the platform in front of the mirror.




And for you, Susie, some stills, which should take less than four hours to download: