Be A Star

No Mama Bear responses this year! Beth did great! She waited in the hall (by herself so I could be sure to see all of both her and Gabi) - went on stage every time with a huge, to-melt-your-heart grin, and danced for all she was worth! It was so much fun to watch her!



Apparently there were many people who were just smitten with her little charm on stage - she stole the show there.... big wonder with those beautiful curls, to-die-for smile, laughing eyes, and speed!



Gabi was a shining star - as usual! All the way up to the recital she was a crazy, all over the place, knows her stuff, speed demon! We kept laughing about it with her and trying to help her understand that there was music to "feel" while dancing, not a race to get through. Even dress rehearsal she was so big in her motions she nearly fell over! But she loves to dance and loves to be on stage.



Recital night she amazed us again because she was with the music - soft motions - enjoying herself and just did a great job! She surprised the audience with her running cartwheel - so straight and even - they were not expecting that from kids her age (and her size)... but I'll tell you a secret... Gabi does cartwheels all the time here... she gets tons of practice!



The girls both got to watch each other - both of them standing in the isle along the side doing the other one's dance along with her. I guess that's what you get when you practice together at home!



Grami Cretia, Grampi Kevin, Tia and Braeden all came up to watch. The girls loved the support... they even had some friends come too! The were excited to get flowers afterward, but were more excited to give flowers to their helpers and to Miss Jodi! They really love to dance with her!




The pictures are from Dress Rehearsal... Beth was so funny... she knew her dances and yet she seemed to think she couldn't dance without looking out at the help in the wings! For the recital, she looked out at the audience, huge smiles... and the couple of times that she looked for assurance, she did it only with her eyes... we were very impressed with how far she's come this year.

Gabi was still very independent... sticking close to her friends and getting herself ready for every show... the Tap costume she'd apparently put on backward dress rehearsal night.... and again on recital night. I happened to notice it right as they were walking up to the hallway... let's hear it for dresses with no under leotard... a quick slip of the arms, spin of the dress and she was all set! She had also managed to loose her shoulder feathers.... thank goodness the feathers from all the costumes were falling left and right... her friends helped her gather up bunches and we bobby-pinned them to her shoulder strap (and they actually stayed on during the dance)!

The videos might make you a little sea sick... sorry... there was a two year old trying to help! And, of course, there is that focus thing that was an issue as well.

Always crazy! Always a lot of fun! They'll be grown up before we know it!