Dance Recital 2014

Thursday night we got to watch Livy show off what she's learned all year in dance class. I love that the studio she takes from has small classes which makes the recital that much sweeter. It's not a production. It's just an intimate, relaxed, family setting that is all about the dancers.

Believe it or not, I didn't take any pictures during the recital. I videoed each dance, but since Tara had a photographer there I didn't worry about taking my own pictures. I just got to watch and enjoy! We'll be able to order the action shots from Misty Byrd, and I can't wait to see them!

Livy Lou did a great job, but more importantly, she had a blast! The girl loves any chance she gets to wear make-up, and her "rainbow eyes" just made it even better! She was so excited!

I keep asking Drew what he's gonna do when she's a teenager. He doesn't want to talk about it.

Little Dancer

I seriously can't believe it's already May! Time for the Blossom Festival, AWANA closing program, and the dance recital! Livy had her last day of dance practice this Tuesday. She has changed so much just since last August! She dances this Saturday at the Blossom Festival and then her recital is next week. We can't wait to watch her dance!

 First day of dance & last day of dance

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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!

Forever Dance Recital

Well, the recital came and went. I feel like I've been talking about it for weeks (probably because I have). So I'm a little sad that it's over because I enjoyed everything about it! We had so much fun getting ready. She got to wear lots of make-up and glitter in her hair... she loved it all! Her daddy wasn't so much a fan of all the make-up, but I explained it was all for the stage. And men just don't understand how much fun make-up is to a girl! :)

 

When the recital was about to start, I had to leave her backstage when she was lining up for her dance. I knelt down and told her that I had to leave, but I was going to go sit in the audience to watch her. I'm not gonna lie... I sort of wanted her to be sad that I was leaving her, but she just said,
"Okay!!!!!!"
with a huge smile on her face and ran off with her friends. Then, to start off the show, Tara played a slide show of pictures throughout this dance year, and of course there was music to go with it all about how little girls grow up too fast. It was killing me! I fought back tears the whole time! Especially when pictures of my sweet girl were up on the screen, like this one:

Finally, it was the moment we had all been waiting for! It was her time to shine! And she did just that.

 

 

 

 

Immediately after she danced, I rushed backstage to get her changed for the finale. I got her dressed in her Forever Dance t-shirt, and then she got to come sit in the audience with us and watch the rest of the dancers. She loved it. She sat in her Pappy's lap and tried to do every move she saw the other dancers make. I asked her if she was ready for the finale, and she said,

"Yes! I not gonna shake my hiney, I gonna shake my bunny tail!"

The girl loves shaking her "bunny tail!"

 

 

Then right before the last few dances, I dropped her off backstage again to get lined up for the finale. Tara brought all the dancers out at the same time and let them do the Cha-Cha Slide. That was pretty funny! She tried to keep up with all the big girls!

We were so proud of her! She did such a great job, especially for only being 2 years old. Can't wait for next year... who knows, we may even add a tap class! :)

 

 

 

 

 

**I'll post the videos in a different post. I couldn't quite figure out how to add them to this one because they were too long. I'm still learning this whole blogging stuff! :)