Recital Time!

Ava's first dance recital was this weekend.  She did such a great job!  I was so worried that she would get nervous right beforehand and not go on stage.  Or, get on stage and just stand there crying.  But, she was so excited and really lit up when she came out to perform.  She performed a tap routing to "Friend Like Me" from Aladdin and a tumbling routine to "Prince Ali" from Aladdin.  She had so much fun!  We're taking a break for the summer, but I'm sure she will be begging to dance again in the fall!

"Friend Like Me"

Ava had her first dance performance over the weekend!  It was Pony Express Days here in Eagle Mountain and part of the festivities is a carnival with showcases from local talent.  Ava's dance studio performed some of the dances from their upcoming dance recital (she'll dance in that as well) and she her class was chosen to showcase their tap routine.  Her class is dancing to "Friend Like Me" from Aladdin (also known as the Genie song) and she was so excited to dress up like Jasmine!  She is still a bit shy and tends to hang onto me when she's in a situation that makes her nervous.  I was worried that she wouldn't dance;  that she would get onstage and either just stand there looking confused or get on stage and start crying and screaming because I wasn't there.  Luckily, she's formed a bit of an attachment to the student helper, Jessica and once she was holding Jessica's hand, she was good to go!  As soon as she got onstage, her smile lit up her face and she was beaming!  She looked right at me and the rest of the family (Aubre and Chris, Mom and Dad and Lucas and all their kids came out to support Ava) to make sure we were all watching.  She's so funny!  She performed her best ever and as she came off stage, Camden and Aspen ran up to her and told her, "You did such a great job, Ava!".  And Sean gave her a big hug and kiss.  With that kind of support, how could she fail? 

 

After the performance, we bought some tickets and let the kids ride some of the carnival rides while the adults gorged on carnival food.  It was such a wonderful day!  And we are so proud of our Sissy Girl!

 

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Valentine's Dance 2013

Ava Loves to Dance!

Tiny Dancer

 

Ava tried her first dance class today.  It was so cute to watch her follow instructions.  And a relief.  She's been a velro baby since the day she was born and it's time for to start making other attachments.  I love her to pieces, but sometimes I feel like I'm FALLING to pieces because she's constantly hanging on my arm, my leg, or whining for me to pick her up.  I was worried that she wouldn't even go in the classroom without me, but she proved me wrong!  She walked right into the room and smiled and tried so hard to do what the teacher asked her to do.  She didn't have tap shoes (it's a ballet, tap and tumbling class) because I wanted to make sure she would do it before I invested money in dance gear.   The day after class, I bought her some tap shoes on the yard sale page and she was so excited for her "click-clicks".

 

 

A few days later, we got a package in the mail for Ava.  Her dance clothes arrived!  I tried to find good condition second-hand stuff, but was just not successful (with the exception of the tap shoes).  So she got two new leotards (pink and black), two pairs of pink convertible tights (a must for a class wear they wear ballet/tap shoes AND run around barefoot), and some tumbling shorts.   She had to try it all on right away.  I should've said no, because within 2 hours she had spilled soda on the front of the leo.  *sigh*  Into the washer it went, and now it's as good as new.  She's excited to wear her new clothes to dance class next week!