As you may have heard, my oldest daughter, Sydnee (who will be 3 in a few weeks), was the flower girl at my sister-in-law’s wedding. If you know Syd or have at least heard of her, then you probably know she’s got a little bit of energy…to say the least.
If you didn’t know any better, you would think we mix her juice with Red Bull and give her sugar packets for snacks.
But nonetheless she was trusted with the responsibility of being a flower girl, and she created several memories. Allow me to share…
- As the rehearsal dinner is wrapping up, they are getting ready to show a sappy video of the bride and groom’s baby pictures and all that fun stuff. So they turn the lights out and are waiting for the video to start when Syd yells out at the top of her lungs, “I GOTTA GO PEE!” Silly girl…
- At the wedding itself she was a little nervous and we weren’t sure how she was going to do. My wife was the maid-of-honor, so it worked out that Syd would walk down the isle with my wife. She got up there in her spot, the bride came in, and then everyone got settled back into their seats. But Syd decided she didn’t want to stay there, so she jumps off the altar and goes sprinting down the center isle to me in the back of the room. Kind of cute huh? I talk to her and tell her to stay with me but when I turn my head for a second, she decides she needs to go back to Mommy who is still on the stage! After sprinting back down the isle for a 2nd run, she tells Mommy that she wants to show Daddy some the flowers she was holding. Of course my wife objected and told her to stay still but next thing you know she is sprinting back down the isle a 3rd time! Needless to say, after that I took her outside for the remainder of the wedding. We couldn’t risk another “runaway flower girl” episode!
- As the maid-of-honor, my wife was going to give a toast to the bride and groom. But Syd didn’t want to be a part from Mommy, so the entire time she is giving the toast, Syd is in the back of the room crying and screaming, “Mommy, hold me…Mommy, hold me!”
For the new bride and groom and any other young couples in attendance, I think it was a good shot of birth control for them!
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You forgot to mention how totally CUTE she was – some might even say angelic…until she took off running again!! Another fun one was when I was keeping her entertained at the reception and said, “I’m going to go to the bathroom, Sissy. Do you want to go with me?”" Gleefully she claps her hands and says, “Yes! I’ll clap for you!”
Aw!
She sounds absolutely adorable!
This definitely would be a shot of birth control for them. Although they probably just thought she was cute. Terrible two’s. They’re great, huh?