Trevor has been learning about weddings through photographs and some limited exposure. He was at a wedding a few months before he turned 3 where he had a great time. But that was the last one he attended. We've been invited to a few more, but none that we knew well enough to bring kids to.
Ever since I can remember, Trevor has always said that the wedding picture at the top of the stairs is not a wedding picture, but me in my dancing dress. And that he wants to go dancing with me. We have also had opportunity to talk to him about getting married through going to weddings (explaining what we were going to do) and now that we have siblings that are going to get married, we tell him about when we got married, and all the activities that go along with it.
But this weekend was the first time he was able to put it all together and see what it was all about. There were some things he was a little confused about, namely why I wasn't the one getting married, and why Tracy was standing up for Lizzy but yet not getting married herself. So after the ceremony part was done, he knew that we were going to the reception afterwards. I figured he would like that part as even when he was not yet 3, he was still lighting it up on the dance floor. Instead of wanting to leave right away, Trevor took me by the hand and said he wanted to marry me so we could go dancing. So I humored him and walked with him up a hill and danced a little bit. He was very happy about that.
In the mean time, Gwen was having a good time playing with the bubbles. She stayed quiet through the ceremony, but of course wanted to walk and crawl around. So we only tried that the last few minutes to keep her quiet. She's also doing much better in the car, although wanted to nap on the way back to the reception from the ceremony. We let her sleep for a little while when Russ and Trevor went to grab some things at Target.
So we got to the reception, and as soon as the DJ turned on her lights and music was on, Trevor was on the dance floor. Not exactly dancing, more like running but regardless, having a lot of fun. Now he was running on no nap and riding in a car most of the day. He did as well as you can expect a 4 year old to do. By the time they put on the couple's first dance and the father-daughter dance, Trevor wanted to "take a rest". Which for him means he needs to go to bed.
All in all, he got a good taste of what is to come. Another 8 months before the next family wedding (that we know about ;-))
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Kids and weddings can be either great or really tough - glad Trev had such a good time at this one. My brohter always loved weddings as a kid b/c it was his chance to show off his dance moves. I wonder if that will be what Trevor likes them for too?
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