Dance Recital

Emily has had so much fun in dance this year.  She's been in a class of 6 and 7 year olds even though she was just 5 for most of the year.  Her teacher wasn't totally sure about letting her in that particular class because of her age but the time of the class worked out well for us so she let her give it a try for a few weeks, and Emily did just fine. 

Their tap dance was to "Jessie the Yodeling Cow Girl" from Toy Story.  

There were 6 girls in her class so they got to be good friends.  

I got t a couple of pictures of her dancing on stage during the rehearsal...

For their ballet routine they danced to "A Dream is a Wish" from Cinderella.  She said this one was her favorite. 

Look at all those cute buns.  All the moms had to run back after their first dance and get them changed and get their hair (which was curly for their first dance) up in buns before their second dance.  We had plenty of time but it was still a little crazy back stage as we were all packed in this itty bitty room trying to get them ready.   

Blakely, Emily and Marlee.  Blakely and Emily were in 3K and 4K together so they had fun being in the same dance class.  

I got one of them in action during their ballet routine too... Emily is on the far right.

This cutie was SO excited about the recital and wanted to wear a pretty dress.  This was her pick and she was pretty.  She's asked so many times this year when she gets to go to dance class and every time I'd tell her in the fall.  She's going to be super excited when the fall finally gets here!

Claire and Abby did so great!  Abby slept for a lot of it while Papa was holding her and Claire actually watched a lot of the dancing while sitting in her daddy's lap.  One time just before intermission Claire decided to take off down the aisle during one of the dances and Papa had to chase after her since he was on the end, but you really couldn't ask a 2 year old to do any better than she did.

Emily's fan club...

All of Emily's grandparents made it up for the recital.  We so loved having them there with us.  Jeff and Linda needed to make a day trip of it, which was a lot of driving for them, but they didn't mind.  

Looking forward to having 2 tiny dancers next year!:)  

Great job, Em!