WHAT? Not a Prayer Request Post? NOPE- It's FANCY ANNA AT A PAGEANT-

It seems like it has been FOREVER

since I did a normal, fun post.

Finally!  Here you go!

I felt that MyHero was well enough

to stay alone for the weekend

if the local kids would check on him.

They did- calling to assure me

that he had NOT burned the house down

mainly because he can't eat anything cooked.

SOOOO

I drove to 

Lafayette, IN 

to watch 

Little Miss Bright Eyes

(aka Anna Ireland)

in a toddler pageant.

First, I want to say that 

my daughter, Mindy Rose, is 

NOT A PAGEANT MOM AT ALL.

She did this on a fluke.

Bright Eyes wore a dress that has been

worn at least 7 or 8 times-

including by her older cousin-

WHO HAPPENED TO BE

the FLOWER GIRL at 

Mindy Rose's wedding!

Who would have thought

one day her own little girl would be wearing

that same dress?

Anyway,

Anna Ireland was the youngest 2 year old 

in the pageant.

She competed in the 2 year old competition.

One was for 'dress up'

and one was for a pageant issued

Tshirt which I took in and 

Mindy blinged up.

It was huge on her. 

She wears a size 24 months and this was

a size 5 or 6 Tshirt.

Thank goodness for needle/thread/scissors.

I will say she had 

THE CUTEST Tshirt there!

Anna, not being versed in

PAGEANT ETIQUETTE

heard the song

"Let It Go" (from Frozen)

playing as they walked onstage.

She LOUDLY sang

LET IHT GO-LET IHT GO-LET IHT GO

over and over again

which made everyone laugh

(except the competing mothers).

We could not take any pictures inside

the room or she would have been eliminated.

But we took some outside.

She was so good-never cross or bratty.

She loved riding the 'elvaator'.

So...how did she do?

She was entered into three categories

(which you had to decide when you got there)

She took FIRST PLACE in all three of them.

I hope I get these right!

Future Model Star/Face(?)

Attire

Personality

AND she came in 2nd runner up overall.

Pretty good for being a 'newbie'.

Her favorite game in the hallway-

ON THE CHAIR~

OFF THE CHAIR!

There were some little girls that

had lots of make up on.

To her credit,

Mindy did NOT put a 

speck of makeup on Anna.

She has the 'high color' that comes

from my side of the family-

ruddy cheeks and light eyes.

The only thing she did was tame her

already curly hair down.

So here you see--

BED HEAD -

Before and After

Now for your laugh of the day-

Mindy Rose decided it would be FUN

to give Anna a

Retro NANA LOOK from the 1990s.

My OTHER SMART MOUTHED DAUGHTER, Tara,

said that she even had the 

Nana Pouty Lip thing down pat.

I may cut then ALL out of the will........