The Dance Recital

Because of the amount of little girls that take dance at our dance school, there are four recitals in one weekend. Molly's class for example, as well as three other 4/5 year old classes, all had the same costumes and same dance. Therefore, each of these 4/5 year old classes danced at only one of the four recital times. The older girls in our dance school have less classes and because of this, Meg got to dance in all four recitals. I am proud and happy to say I attended every one of them! This wasn't the plan, and I was only planning on watching her in the first two (one where Molly also preformed), but I just LOVE watching Meg dance and couldn't resist.

This Jazz dance was to an older song called "Black Bird."

Sisters. . .ahhhhh

This age is the BEST to watch dance. They watch each other to see what they are supposed to be doing, and usual the dancer they are watching isn't watching the teacher and therefore, preforming the wrong step.

As you can see all three dancers are doing something different.

Now they've got it!

Tuckered out after rehearsal.

A second wind!

Every dancer must have flowers after the recital.

After looking at ALL those parents/grandparents/aunts, etc. with flowers to give their dancer, I had wished I had set up a shop outside the auditorium $$$$.

It was a great weekend with Meg and Molly's Grandma Thompson, Grandma Kathy, Aunt and Uncle, and Great Grandma (Grammi) all attending.

Molly's Dance Class

As with every year, when fall rolls around all the kids begin their chosen "activities." To make my life even a little more chaotic, we let Molly begin ballet and tap dance this year. She takes lessons at the same school Meg attends, and even has Meg's ballet and jazz teacher, Ms. Mary Jane.

Molly and Eva right before the first class.

Ms. Mary Jane and Molly

Ms. Mary Jane and Eva (this is for her mom. . .her camera was in the shop). Plus we love to have pictures of Eva to look at.

Warming up.
After class I was told that Molly pushed Eva. The next class, Molly pushed another girl. After a heart-to-heart with Molly, she told me it was because the two girls didn't listen and so she wanted to be in front of them. Unfortunately for Molly, Ms. Mary Jane didn't corroborate her story.