It's interesting to watch the changes a 7 year old goes through in the course of being a flower girl.
She's confident during rehersals and pictures and all business during her walks up and down the aisle. She's intrigued (if a bit distracted at times) during the ceremony. She's overjoyed to be riding in the limo with the wedding party, devastated not to be sitting at the head table with them, assertive at including herself as a member of the receiving line.
And of course, she's the Energizer Bunny on the dance floor at the reception.
Through all the changes, one thing stayed constant: she made me a proud papa the entire time.