Little Ballerina

On May 20, E. and M. had their dance recitals. This was E.'s first recital. She was performing a tap dance to "Baby Takes a Bow" and a ballet dance to "Little April Showers". There were only 3 little girls in her class (class was for 2 1/2 yr olds) who were performing in the recital. They got to wear a beautiful pink tutu which E. just loved. Rehearsal went well and E. got on that stage in the auditorium and did her dances like a pro (well she did need a little help from her teacher). She wasn't at all afraid and really seemed to enjoy herself.

On the day of the recital she was so anxious to go on stage and do her dances. Unfortunately at the end of her tap dance she had a little fall and hurt her arm (the girls had moved up on the stage and would have been in front of the curtain when it closed so the teacher was trying to get them to move back and that's when E. fell). She was crying and very upset yelling for her mama when I got back stage to get her. The fall messed her up so much so that her ballet dance didn't go very well. She did go on stage, but as soon as she had to move her arm she went running back to me off stage. For her first recital, she did a wonderful job. If you really knew E., you would have been proud of her because she can be a little difficult, especially in her dance class. She spent most of her time in class running around or doing what ever E. wanted to do and not what she was suppose to be doing so for her to actually go on stage and pay attention was a huge accomplishment!

My beautiful little ballerina with her flowers

after the recital.