The month of May was Dance Recital month. Since I never took dance and this was Meg's first year I had no idea what to expect. Whew....I was glad it was over! There were a lot of rehearsals!
Looking cute with her friends at the Journey Church rehearsal!
The day of the recital she played soccer that morning and then came home to get all fancy! She was so cooperative while I curled, rolled, and hairsprayed her hair and did her make-up. We even sprayed body glitter on her! And she looked beautiful. But she wouldn't let me take any pictures. I was so sad but I didn't want to "rock the boat" because I wanted her to be happy and actually go out on stage! So the rear and side shots were all I got at home!
Finally once we got backstage she warmed up a little and let me get a few pictures with my phone!
Sweet little dancing friends!
Cousin Alyssa was in the same dance recital and we loved getting to watch her too!
Sweet Emma from Meg's soccer team was in another class and we got to watch her too! It was crazy windy outside that day and her pretty curls lasted all of 30 minutes. Oh well. I learned for next time to leave the rollers in until we get to the theatre!
Bryson was in charge of reserving 11 seats while I was backstage. He compared it to the Oklahoma Land Run but was quiet successful in securing us fantastic seats. We anxiously waited for the next hour (yes....that's how early we had to get there to get good seats) and finally it was dance number 8.
Carolina and Cooper were so sweet to come and watch Meg!
A few more of her biggest fans!
Her class did their tap dance to "Baby Take a Bow" and it was just the cutest thing ever. I couldn't believe how comfortable she was on stage and her personality definitely showed! There was a lot of bowing in her number and she bowed with such intensity that we worried she would either have whiplash or fall on her face. But she didn't! They got the biggest cheers from the audience after they finished!
Look at that pose!
And finally it was like dance number 64 (or something like that) and they did their sweet little ballet number. Dance recitals would be way better if it was just all tap. Those ballet dances were a tad boring. But she still looked cute as can be and did a great job!
Brody was so excited to head back stage to pick Meg up afterwards. He was genuinely proud of her and told her what a good job she did!
Her dance teacher Miss Jenna!
Meg got lots of goodies from her adoring fans. Most of family had to leave early because of bad weather heading their way and because of graduation activities, but Gran B was a trooper and stuck it out till the bitter end. She got Meg the cutest little bracelet and her dad's old ballet shoes. What a special gift Meg can always keep.
Between the big flowers and the crazy wind it was a tough walk out to the car for our little dancer!
And this was her 5 minutes after we got in the car!
And at home after trying to wake her up for at least 30 minutes. Dancing is exhausting! Dance classes were such a success this year and we will certainly be doing it again next year!
