Dancing Princesses

My girls are officially done with dance for the year. They had a great time and were more than thrilled to be able to wear makeup and perform for mom, dad, brothers, and Grandma and Grandpa on a real stage. A big stage with lights and a dark audience and a pit that rises and falls. Intimidating for a three year old and a six year old. They did a great job and looked beautiful.

This first video clip is out of focus and I'm not sure why, but it is the best I could do. It is of Adrienne's second dance, and she's wearing SpongeBob Pajamas. In the video there is a little encouragement by me for her to speed up her march around the pillows. She is always late to her spot and since she is in front, she makes everyone else late too. Sigh. But I'm not a stage mom, I promise.



Annika also did two dances, but I will only post the second because I think I already did the first one when she had a competition a couple of months ago.
I really loved this dance, but the class didn't know it very well because their teacher got really sick with mono and then had her gall bladder out. The poor thing was gone for about a month and the girls (especially Annika) didn't have enough time to learn it completely. I think you can still get the general idea though. Plus I really love the song; it is The Call.



Have I mentioned how much I enjoy having little girls? They are great. I had so much fun watching them learn about dance this year. It took me back... I would love to take an adult dance class. Maybe next fall.

Along with the yoga class I would like to take and the karate class that looks like fun too.

Too many interests, not enough time.

Annika complained nearly every week when it was time for dance, so I debated about signing her up for another year, but decided to make her do it one more year. If she still didn't like it after next year, then she could quit. Much to my surprise, after the dance review she asked me if she could do it again next year. I hope she will really enjoy it with a different teacher (Annika and Adrienne will have the same teacher next year, and I really like her). I think I will try to work with her a little bit myself. None of my kids believe that I know anything about dance or tumbling. Come to think of it, sometimes they don't think I know anything about anything.