Wednesday, October 3, 2012

Major Dad

Paul pinned on Major last Friday (I know I've been a blog slacker lately) and even though it was his day Emma was the star of the show.  For those not familiar with the military to say pin on means that he was given the oath by a higher rank officer and then family gets to remove the old rank from his uniform and pin on his new rank.  Emma removed his Captain bars while I pinned on his Major rank. 

There's actually a whole ceremony that goes along with everything and I am sure that no one has participated in one quite like ours.  Our friend Neicey, also an AF Captain, served as the announcer/MC.  Everyone was seated and quiet.  She announced Em and I and we walked in and took our seats.  Then everyone stood while Paul and Colonel Talbot came in.  As they walked by us (keep in mind it's totally quiet), Emma yelled "My daddy."  And that pretty much set the tone for the entire ceremony.

Em is a very active toddler.  Trying to keep her on my lap was like trying to hold on to an eel.  Impossible!  Paul said to go ahead and let her walk around so off she went.  While Col. Talbot was trying to talk about how awesome Paul is, Em was organizing all the dry erase markers and erasers.  Apparently she felt Paul needed to hold all of them. 

Then while Paul was being given the oath by Col Talbot Em went up to check out the American flag.  Thank goodness Neicey was standing there to prevent her from knocking it over.  Her fun with the flag put on the lock down, Em decided to turn her attention to Col Talbot.  Thankfully the Col has a 4 year old so she wasn't as phased as say someone without kids would've been when Em started rubbing her leg (pantyhose are cool).  We all waited with baited breath for Em to reach up and pull her skirt down trying to stand up.  It didn't happen and we all breathed a sigh of relief.  

Needless to say, there was a lot of laughter during the ceremony.  No solemn occasions for the McArtor family.  I think most of the people there were there to see Emma and to see who on earth would put up with Paul on a daily basis (one woman actually said that was why she came). 

No ceremony would be complete without a sundae bar.  Yum yum!

I am so proud of Paul.  Not only is he a great dad, he's also a great Air Force officer!  And I threw in a cute bedtime story picture just to warm your heart on this damp fall day! 






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