County Fair

After the parade, we went home to get changed for the fair because Livy was dancing before the pageant. Her dance group from last year got to perform their routine on the stage three times this week... which meant three times the rides! Liv sure wasn't complaining about that. And getting to wear her cowgirl boots with her ballerina tutu? Well, even better!

 



Good ol' Dad got to do all the fun stuff!

 

Just a little warm up before the show...

 

 

Monday night's performance. She actually remembered her routine a lot better on the 2nd night, but I didn't video it then. I just got to watch her and enjoy being her mom!

A Tapping Ballerina

Livy got to go back to dance today! Woo hoo! She has been so excited to go dance with Mrs. Tara again. Last year she just took ballet, but this year we added a tap class too so she gets to stay a whole hour... which is great because she requested,

"I wanna stay a really long time at dance... like this big!" (held her arms up wide)

 

Before we left, I snapped a few pictures so we'll remember her 2nd year of dance...

 

 

 

 

Haha... ok, so sometimes she takes after her dad in the taking pictures department. Let's try this again!

 



 

She can still wear her ballet shoes from last year, but we had to order new tap shoes today. When she came out of tap class she said,

"I don't have any tap shoes yet because you just ordered them. But you can get some too... like Mrs. Tara!"

Wouldn't that be a sight!? This preggo tap dancing? Ha! Don't think Baby Baker would appreciate that too much... neither would anyone who had to watch! 

Finale Cha-Cha Slide

Here's the finale...

I Wuv A Rabbit

Here it is... the grand performance!

Blossom Festival

This weekend our little ballerina made her big debut at the Blossom Festival! If she has practiced her ballet routine once, she has practiced it a hundred times! She loves it, and I'm so thankful. I never had a doubt in my mind that she wouldn't get up there and dance her little heart out... until we had to wait for 30 minutes in the blazing hot sun! Then I got a little nervous.

 

Bless their hearts, the girls were so hot in those costumes and tights, they were sweaty which made their costumes itchy... it was just not good conditions for anyone to dance, much less 2 and 3 year olds! But Livy was a champ! She patiently waited her turn while I continually bribed her with promises of face paint and bouncy houses (normally I'm not a fan of bribery... I'm a strong believer in you do it because I said so). But standing in that blazing sun, I made an exception.

 

When it was her turn to dance, she did everything she was supposed to! Let me just tell you I thought my heart was going to burst with pride! Everything was going smoothly until one of Livy's little friends stole her bunny... then I thought surely that was it. There was going to be a huge meltdown and she would be done. But I was wrong! After proudly announcing that that was her bunny, she took it back, and finished her routine with a smile on her face! It was the funniest thing!