Ballerina Grace!

My sweet baby Grace is such a big girl now! Memorial Day weekend marked Grace's first dance recital, and she did fabulously! We joined dance class in January, and Grace enjoyed it so much. Thursdays with Miss Rachel were so much fun; Grace worked very hard (as was evidenced by her intense concentration on the placement of her feet during her dance)! We're very proud of you, baby girl!

Jackson ran for the hills as soon as we arrived at the recital. He was far more interested in the geese than Grace.

Grace and her fellow ballerinas before their performance. You can see how seriously she takes this dancing business!

Mama and Grace

My beautiful ballerina

I can't believe how nervous I was before Grace came on stage. I knew how fun the pre-school dance classes were to watch, especially if there were one or two children who stood there, picked their noses, and twirled in circles. However, those children could not be mine! Grace did great! She even earned her very first ballerina trophy for a job wonderfully done! Bravo!

Tutu time!

Last week, Grace started a ballet class. She's in absolute heaven, and I am so thrilled that she's loving it this much. Her recital is Memorial Day weekend, and hopefully, we'll still be loving it because we already had to pay for the costume! This morning we were getting ready for class, and Jackson decided to go through Grace's dress-up trunk. He walked over to the 2 of us, grunted, and handed us his costume choice. Grace and I never laughed so hard...it was so much fun! After parading around in the tutu, he picked up a wand and started saying "bibbidy, boppity, boo!" We have been saying it non-stop since Disney, so this in itself wasn't surprising. Of course, when I grabbed the camera, he threw down the wand and just wanted to play with the camera, but this is what we captured! ...Daddy will be proud!