Here She Is...

A future Miss America in our midst? Back in October, Jenna, one of our wonderful neighbor girls, asked Emily to be her "Little Sister" as she competed in a local pageant. Daddy was a bit hesitant for Emily to enter the world of Beauty, sorry, Scholarship Pageants but Emily was 110% interested. They had a Getting to Know You pizza party in November (though it wasn't really necessary for our duo)A few weeks later the Little Sisters had their first dance rehersal and an Etiquette Tea. I'm not sure if Emily took the manners lesson to heart.

Then each Saturday in January, there was another rehersal until finally it was pageant night!

The Little Sisters put big shirts over their pretty dresses to try and look like orphans as they performed to "Hard Knock Life" from Annie. (Emily is in the blue towards the left.)

Finally, they got to escort their Big Sisters off stage during the evening gown phase of the competition.

The show went on until nearly 10:00 which made Emily one tired puppy. Unfortunately, Jenna didn't win either. But it was a great experience and Emily has been recreating parts of the practice and competition around our house ever since.