Dance Recital {2014}

Elena's big dance recital was the same day as the River Run and the Stearman summer kickoff - whew - what a busy day!!  Elena was so excited and especially thrilled that she got to wear make-up! :)

Dom was happy to sit in the room with the girls while they waited to dance and sneak their snacks! (Check out that sweet Elena button!!)  

Elena's first performance was to "Babyface" - It was adorable and she did great!!

 Next up was an outfit change into a little kitty cat! Meow!

There was a lot of time in between her numbers (waaaay to long for 5 year olds!)...thank goodness for snacks, Barbie dolls, movies and coloring pages!

 Finally ready to go!

Dom was so excited and wanted to stand with all the girls too! :)

My sweet little kitty!

Her next dance was ''What's New Pussycat'' - and it is very obvious that someone likes to be the center of attention!!

 She has come a long way in her third year of dance and we are so proud of her!

This was the first time Robert got to come to the recital (usually he is out of town as this is his busy season and he travels a lot) and he was amazed at just how big of a production it was! He secretly enjoyed watching all the dancers too! Shhh...don't tell. ;) She was so excited to have Daddy there!

But wait, that's not all! For the big finale all the girls got to go out on stage and sing along to Frozen's ''Let It Go''! It was absolutely adorable and you could tell the girls were having the time of their lives!!  

and guess who ended up front and center belting it out? ;)

So fun!!  

 Grandma and Grandpa got to come too! They were just as proud as we were!

Its amazing how much she has grown the past few years - check out 2012 and 2013's recitals.

Dance Recital {2013}

It's that time of year again, Dance Recital! Since Elena had been through this last year, she was excited and knew what to expect this time around! She has grown up so much in just a year! First was dress rehearsal. I hate to admit but just like last year this girl was ecstatic to put make-up on!

Dom and I proudly sporting our Elena buttons!

 
The next day was the big performance! Waiting for showtime...

 

A quick pic with her teacher Miss Brandy.

 and they're off!

Their first tap performance was "A You're Adorable" and it was pretty adorable! :) 

 

 

Here is a video of the dance. Another little girl kept standing right in front of her! :( It's a good thing she was cute! Ha ha!

Then it was time to get ready for the next dance - "Busy Bee Boogie". Seriously, how cute are these costumes?? I already let Elena know she was going to be a Bee for Halloween! ;) 

 

 

 

 This picture pretty much sums it up - ha ha! Busy, busy little bee's.

They were hilarious!

 My girl was so excited and proud and absolutely loved getting flowers after!

 

After the recital we had a little Mommy/Daughter date to celebrate!  

Great job baby girl!! You did awesome and we loved watching you on stage!

Recital Pictures.

The dance studio had some professional pictures taken of the girls in their cute recital outfits. I wasn't planning on getting any but Elena just looked way to cute not to! :) Here are the ballet pics ~

And the Minnie Mouse pics ~ these are my favorite! Especially the last one! :)

First Dance Recital.

Miss Elena had her first dance recital last weekend! It was so stinking adorable!! They did two dances, one where they dressed as Minnie Mouse, and another with an adorable pink sparkly tu-tu outfit! 1st was Minnie ~

 Make-up time! I think this was her favorite part! We practiced putting some on the week before for pictures (I will post those when I get them back-adorable!) and every day after she asked if she could have "big eyelashes" that day! (uh-oh, I think we are in for it as she grows up!)

On a side note (against my better judgement) I tried to put eyeliner on her when we practiced the make-up. Huge mistake. She had an allergic reaction which turned into a form of pink-eye! I felt like the worst mom ever! Thank goodness we went to the Dr and they gave us some prescription eye drops and it cleared right up. The young male doc asked if I ever watched Dance Moms - I said NO, even though you would think so since I tried to put eye-liner on my 3 year old! :) Then I told him it was a stupid thing to do and Elena totally called me out and said Mom, we don't use that word. Busted. She is too smart sometimes! The doc said the make-up may or may not have caused it - I think he was just trying to make me not feel like a terrible mom though! I definitely learned a lesson about going with your instinct - I knew that eyeliner wasn't a good idea but tried it anyway, I'll listen to my gut next time!

Anyways, back to the recital -

Watching a little Mickey Mouse Clubhouse before hitting the stage.

So excited!!

The big performance! :) She pretty much missed all of the moves to the dance - but at least she looked cute doing it! ;)

 Next it was time for the ballet outfit - so adorable!

On stage! She looked like she was having fun!

She did a few more moves in this one but decided to sing along more than dance! :) She spends the first few minutes looking for me - then she waves and continues on with the dance. You can't really hear it on the video but at the end when she is in the middle of the stage she finds me, waves and yells, "Hi Mom!" It was too cute!

Afterwards we gave her some pretty pink roses for doing so great on stage! She was not feeling the picture taking anymore but adored the roses!

I did manage to get a couple good ones of my parents and I with her though ~ 

We all took her out for ice cream after to celebrate, yum! My mom asked her what it felt like to be up on stage and she said it felt like she was beautiful! Awe, so sweet!

She was wiped out on the way home and fell asleep holding on to her roses :) 

You did a wonderful job my sweet princess, we are so proud of you!