The children were very excited at this new adventure. They immediately started plying us with questions about square dancing. The last time I square danced was in high school. For Jim, it hadn’t been since Junior High. I managed to remember how to dosado, but that was all. So when Emery called and asked Jon about square dancing, he was told 3 things:

#1 Square dancing is done by square people.
#2 You have to wear denim and flannel.
#3 You have to allemande left.

Super mom (that’s me) couldn’t do much to make us all square. But the denim and flannel, that I could do! After throwing in a few french braids, a couple of cowboy boots, and many bandanas (note to self, we have too many pink bandanas, and not enough “manly” colors), we were ready for the photo. Jade isn’t in the picture, as she didn’t have any plaid baby clothes.

By the way, a quick google search and I was also able to teach them to allemande left as well. In this photo, Fletcher and I are “promenading” while Colter is really enjoying himself.

Part of my mentality is that when you’ve got a large family, you are automatically a spectacle. You might as well be an interesting spectacle, right? So – did we pull it off?