Taylor Swift

I'm not sure if I've ever told you about the love/hate relationship I have with Sarah's hair.  I love it, because it is absolutely gorgeous and exactly what I wanted growing up but didn't have, but I hate taking care of it.  Yes, at her age, I take care of it.  We fight constantly about washing it and brushing it and how she's going to wear it, and I've threatened so many times to cut it off that she has to know I'm not serious because I do it every time I get exasperated with it which is daily.  At some point along the way I started comparing her hair to Taylor Swift's and told her stories about how Taylor has always had it long and left it curly and never used a hair dryer and lets it air dry.

I mostly tell her this because she really likes Taylor Swift and I want her to see that curly hair can be beautiful, and I don't know a lot of other people with curly hair, but it's also because I think Taylor is an amazing role model for girls of any age.  I like her music, and I like that my kids can listen to her music without me having to mute any of it.

So, when Taylor started her Speak Now tour I decided I was going to take Sarah.  I know she's a little young for a concert, but I thought this would be the perfect first one.  Unfortunately, the weekend that the tour was coming to Dallas was the weekend that Charlie and I were going to San Diego for the Celebrity Golf event.  I wanted to take her to the concert, but not enough to miss Celebrity Golf.  Luckily, I have a friend who reminded me of the benefits of flight privileges, we could go to any city on the tour.

I checked the rest of the tour dates and found that she would be in Miami on November 13.  Perfect.  Charlie's mom lives in Miami so we wouldn't have to pay for a hotel, and the flights were taken care of.  We flew in on Saturday evening, hung out with Grandma Sunday during the day, and then Charlie and I and the two older kids went to the concert last night.  Andy was a little embarrassed to be going at first, until he told his flag football team he was going and one of the boys told him Taylor Swift was hot.  Then his whole mentality changed.

You can totally understand why Taylor Swift just won Entertainer of the Year.  Her concert was amazing and was quite a production.  In some ways I am so glad that it was Sarah's first concert, but in others I think it may leave his disappointed by concerts in the future.  Taylor is a fabulous performer, puts on a great show, and is so nice and thankful to her fans.  As I said before, a wonderful role model for girls of all ages.  I was concerned that because it was so late Sarah would fall asleep at the concert, but she stuck it out to the end, dancing and singing whether she knew the words or not.

All in all a great evening.