I think red, white, and blue is my favorite color combination. Especially when it comes to food!

Last week Jordan had to square dance with a BOY at her school’s open house night. It was a huge deal, and I mean, it should be. Boys are totally gross! (According to her, anyway.)

It’s a 4th grade tradition, the square dance. They talk about it all year, wonder who they’ll get paired with, and hope that the rules will be changed and they can dance with girls instead. <–That didn’t happen.

Weeks of practice, weeks of “touching” a boy and the big night arrived…to the worst thunderstorm in 3 years. But that didn’t matter, the principal nor the PE teachers were deterred. We all stood out there, waiting for the impending flood, watching the lightening show AND our kids square dance.

(Because that’s not unsafe AT ALL, right? Meanwhile, I’m standing there hunching down with my umbrella, trying to be lower than that guy over there with his umbrella so the lightening doesn’t strike me, and other parents are just clapping and waving their littles on to play on the metal play structure.)

Jordan survived her square dancing. At least the torrential rain held off until the second it was done, literally.

Square dancing reminds me of summer, BBQ, and the 4th of July. Those things remind me of how pretty red, white, and blue looks together. I think it’s my favorite color combination and I wish that it was socially acceptable to dress like an American flag all year round because if it was I totally would.

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