The moment we've all been waiting for....RECITAL!!!

Today was the dress rehearsal for our recital which takes place tomorrow. It is so fun to teach, but it's even funner (if that is indeed a word) to have a daughter in the recital!!!!! Emma is so darn cute! I don't know which she was more excited about...wearing make up or dancing on the stage. She is in a real make-up phase. I always find her sneaking into my make up and putting it on or she gets chap stick and pretends she is putting on lipstick. She looked so beautiful out on the stage. She's always a count or two behind, but she executes each move with the cutest precision! She's definitely a stand out! I was going to have Matt come get Emma after her class practiced, because they were at the beginning of the evening, and I knew I had to stay till all was said and done. But Emma wanted to stay with me....so we were there from 4:00 this afternoon until 9:30 tonight! What a long day and she was perfect the whole time. Not even one complaint! She loves watching all the girls dance and had many critiques to tell me. She had her little lunch box of snacks that she took around with her and she didn't leave my side the whole time. I would stand in the curtain and dance with my girls in case they forgot or needed help and Emma was right there in the curtain with me. I think she felt special that she had a "backstage pass"! After we were done with everything we stopped and got ice cream on the way home. (Thanks to Matt's sister Julie's cute blog that talked about she and her little girl stopping for ice cream after her recital. )She was so exhausted that I didn't think she would finish her ice cream without falling asleep. She can't wait for tomorrow because she is sure her daddy is going to give her flowers after she dances :) (Hint hint Matt!) LOL So we will report in tomorrow and let you know how the show went! We even got a babysitter for Gavin so that Matt and Luke could watch the whole show! Tune in next time for the play by play!

Emma's class is dancing to Baby Face and they are going to steal the show because they are so darn cute in their little tutu's

They even do a cute little kick line in their dance! (I don't think I could use the word cute enough!)

Class pictures. Back row from left to right: Ellie, Holland Hope, oops forgot her name, Emma, Olivia, Chapel. Bottom row from left to right: Erin, Isabella, Abby, Victoria, Arianna.

Exhausted in the dressing room after a long day!

Nothing like ice cream!


I think I can, I think I can! (She is falling asleep with every bite!)