On the Runway

A couple of weeks ago Mom was in town and we were in the children's department in Belk and the cashier asked if Maddie and Davis would be interested in being in a fashion show.  I hesitated and then Maddie came over and said she would like to.  When I asked the cashier how old the kids had to be she said 4 and up.  I told her that Davis was only 3 1/2.  She said she thought he would be fine if I thought he would do okay.  I signed them up and wondered what I had gotten myself into.  I wasn't even sure if the kids were interested.  Well, I began to hear them talking about it and some of the comments I heard were Davis: "Maddie, do you think we are going to rock out this fashion show?"  (cracked me up) and Maddie: "No, Davis, I don't think we are going to dance I think we are going to just walk and show off our clothes."  Maddie would ask me if they got to choose their own clothes or if someone was going to pick out their clothes.  Then they wanted to practice walking and "posing".  It was hilarious and of course I thought everything would be different when they got on the actual stage.  Well, this past Saturday was the fashion show and they were so excited!  When I took them into the dressing room to get dressed they started telling me they were nervous.  I told them that it was fine to be nervous and that I knew they would be great.  Thankfully Maddie liked her outfit and Davis liked his as well, since they had been picked out for them.  They were lined up separately so I was going back and forth between them reassuring them and checking on them.  Matt had Kallie and the camera and video camera :).  Maddie did great and then I went back to be with Davis.  He kept his finger in his mouth and his head down the whole walk up to the stage and I really wasn't sure if he was going to do it or start crying.  I made sure that both of them found their daddy in the crowd before they went on.  Well, as soon as Davis hit the stairs his finger came out of his mouth and his hands went on his hips hamming it up!!  It was precious!  After they were finished we changed them back into their clothes and then there were different games and tables set up with different activities like basketball toss, Chickfila cow and wheel, putt putt golf, bean bag toss, basketball shot, balloon lady and doughnuts :)  The kids had a great time and they both got goody bags for being in the show and we had the opportunity to get a discount, but we didn't do any shopping.  Enjoy the pictures!

Davis with "Armor Man" since he is so into super heroes right now this was great!