Wedding Fever

I have no excuse for not writing for almost a month, except for the fact that I have been living life with my three crazy kids instead of writing about it. Last night, however, was a writing-worthy night. My cousin, Kristen and now my new cousin, Derek were married last night. The kids have been looking forward to the wedding for a long time. Well, mostly to the cupcakes, but the wedding too. So, they had a very nice ceremony and reception, in which the kids fared pretty well. You can tell that they don't go out in public much, but they still did okay. Then came the dance. Holy cow, it was worth two hours of chasing them around, taking them potty and chasing them under tables to see all three of them cut it loose on the dance floor. If only I was one of those good parents who would actually take pictures of cute stuff like that. Ben was playing air guitar and break dancing, Maddie was "putting her hands up" and singing along to Party in the USA and Zach was pretty much winning over every single person on and off the dance floor with his side step, bounce up and down style. To see kids so open and unencumbered on the dance floor is refreshing. No worries about what they looked like or who was watching them, just having fun and lots of it. It makes it a lot easier for me as a mom to do the same thing. I wish that you could bottle up that free spirit and give it back to them when they are teenagers. We have a couple of more weddings this year, so I will try to capture it on film.