Recital 2018

Yesterday was dance recital day! All 3 girls danced this year. Ruthie did Creative Movement (ballet and tap), Ellie did Ballet, and Emmie did Ballet and Lyrical. They all did great at the recital...we were so proud of them!

The last 2 weeks we've had dress rehearsal so I have video from that. All the dances were SO good and I loved all of their costumes!

Ruthie - I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas

Ruthie's class with her teachers Miss Adrian and Miss Isabelle. Such a cute group of girls!  

I was very proud of myself for managing to get Ruthie's hair in a bun!

Ruthie and Miss Isabelle. This was Ruthie's second year dancing for Isabelle and we're really going to miss her next year as she heads off to college!

Ellie - Jolly Holiday

Ellie's class with their teacher, Mrs. Carrie. I just LOVE these costumes...they are VERY Mary Poppins! Ellie also happened to be in a class with a school friend and a preschool friend and she made quite a few new friends this year!

Emmie (ballet) - Wind in My Hair

Emmie's class with their teacher Miss Laura. There is a group of kids in this class that have been in ballet together for at least 3 years...love the sweet friendships that have been made over the years!

Emmie (lyrical) - Better Place
This is probably my very favorite piece any of my kids have done. It was such a sweet song and such a sweet group of friends that were in that class! I think all of us mamas were tearing up!

Emmie's class with her teachers Miss Bailey and Miss Lexi.

LOVE these sweet girls! They had such a wonderful year in lyrical this year and Emmie so looked forward to class every week.

We were so appreciative of all our family and friends that came to watch the recital. We had all the grandparents there. Mrs. Terri, who taught all of the girls when they were in the 3s class at preschool, came. Clara, who kept the girls every Friday when I worked part time, and Mary Ruth also came. There were also many teachers from the elementary school there (quite a few teachers have dancers and a lot of the kids that dance go/went to our school).

So thankful for grandparents that are close enough to come to special events like this!

We LOVE Mrs. Terri! She was the first school teacher all of these girls had and she will always be so special to us!

Emmie, Stella, and Ainsley...school buddies!

Clara, Mary Ruth, and the girls

Such sweet girls!

So proud of these girls! (In case you're wondering, JP was at home with the babysitter...we were at the recital from 8:45-1 since the girls were at 2 different recital times...we figured he'd be much happier at home...he got to see the dress rehearsal.)

Had to get a picture with Emmie in her lyrical costume!

Emmie also received a trophy for 5 years of ballet. She was so excited!

The grandparents came back to our house after the recital and we woke JP up from his nap to play and eat BBQ! After everyone left we headed to Evelyn's pool for some fun swim time!

So another year of dance is over. We are so thankful to have a dance studio that we love and teachers who love our kids. We are so thankful for the friends they have made through dance and I hope they will stay friends for many many years to come! I think next year we'll probably just have 2 dancers, Ruthie and Emmie, but it was pretty special to have all 3 of them dancing this year!