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This stands for Daddy Daughter Dance, and it was held last weekend.  Same evening as Ethan’s prom.

It was a busy day.

She picked out a new dress and shoes for the occasion.  And, I curled her hair.

She has a lot of hair.

Before we know it, Lainey will be off to her prom.

Slow down…

Remember last year?  When all 3 of my prom-going kids went to the SAME prom?

Not this year.

Ethan and Kailee’s prom was last weekend.  Abbey and Daniel’s was last night.  And, Payton and Elaina’s is May 2nd.

So, here are pics from Prom #1.

They attended an area homeschoolers prom (same one as last year).  We met Kailee and her family at a friend’s lake house for pics.

But, first, a shot of the handsome guy at our house.  He makes a blue tux look good, eh?

The hug hello…

Boutounneire’s are tricky business.  I’m never sure if I’m spelling that right.

Ethan has the easy part…velcro instead of straight pin

The lovely couple

They’re such a cute couple.

Happy Prom season…

We’ve been blessed to be a part of Acrofitness for the last 3 years.  All 6 kids have taken classes at some point, but right now Marley, Lainey, and Dylan are enrolled.

What is Acrofitness?  From their website…

Our mission is to provide classes that inspire all children to develop a love for movement. Our state of the art programming teaches non-competitive functional skills that will last a lifetime. Our sport incorporates street tumbling, hip hop dance, cheer, parkour/free running, elements of strength and flexibility, and much more.

We’re huge fans of getting our kids MOVING and Acrofitness does all that and more.

Dylan takes the AFFR class, which teaches free running skills…you’ve seen those videos of the crazy guys flipping off park benches, jumping off steps, etc?  With D’s lack of fear and “I’ll try anything” personality, nothing stops him from running with all the guys.  We do have to protect all the gym equipment from his prosthesis (sharp edges could damage), so he wears a long soccer sock pulled up high and sweat pants.

Marley and Lainey both take 3 classes, as they’re both on Acro teams.  The teams are based on age, so Marley is on Senior and Lainey is on Freshman.  Other than their team choreography classes, they each take Fitness Plus (cardio and strength class) and Elite/Extreme tumbling.  As team members, they get to perform their routines at lots of local community events in the spring.  Performance season is just now gearing up, and they’re busy just about every weekend through May….about 12 total.  Team tryouts and camp is in June, so this is pretty much a year-round commitment.  They wouldn’t have it any other way.

A couple of weekends ago, they performed their routines in front of all the parents for the first time.  The routines are on YouTube…just search for “2015.3.21 Fit-a-thon Freshman” to see Lainey’s (she does the first tumbling pass at the beginning of the routine) and “2015.3.21 Fit-a-thon Seniors” to see Marley.  She’s at the back at the beginning, but then you’ll see her being lifted up front/left and then again at the back at the end of the routine.

Here are some pics from that day…

Marley’s Senior Team

Lainey’s Freshman Team

Lainey making the first tumbling pass

Another tumbling pass

Lainey and her friend Gracie

Our Acro girls :)

Can’t wait to watch their other routines coming up!