Warrior Cat

This evening was Marina's dance recital. She was excited to apply her own makeup. As we drove, Marina told me how nervous she was. I told her that was a good thing, to help her stay focused on what she was doing. When it was their turn, the girls did a great job on their dance.

After the recital, Marina introduced me to a new friend she made backstage. Next we found Miss Risa and gave her orange roses. Marina picked out orange roses for Miss Risa because her poms were the orange ones!. She seemed to love them.

As we drove home, Marina showed me her poms. She and one of her classmates found a way to share their colors, so now Marina’s are half orange and half blue.  She seemed pleased when I pointed out that they are now Bronco colors.

School Dance

After another year of dance, it all led to tonight – the recital. Marina has had a good time in her classes with Miss Jamie.

The theme of this year’s recital was “You Got Schooled,” so all the dances had a school theme. Marina’s jazz class danced to “Weird Science” and the poms routine was called "Summer Vacation." The two routines were only two songs apart, so Marina had to do a quick change between them. Miss Erin, her teacher from last year, helped to make sure Marina got the assistance she needed to get it done.

I met Grandma outside the school and we sat with some of our friends. I must admit, I was nervous for Marina’s quick change.

“Weird Science” came about halfway through the first act of the show. It went very well, Marina seemed to be having a good time with it. Two dances later, I was happy to see Marina was with her class and her costume was perfect! She did a great job in that dance as well.

 

After the show was over, I couldn’t find Marina at first. Her costume for “Weird Science” was missing and she was upset about it. We were also sad to learn that Miss Jamie is moving to Chicago soon.

Fortunately, our friends invited us out for dessert, which cheered her up considerably. She had a huge piece of chocolate pie. She and her friend enjoyed being together as well.

By the time we made it home it was nearly midnight. But it had been an evening worth losing sleep over.

Dancing Princess

Marina was very excited for her dance recital, especially the “Walking on Sunshine” dance. She was especially happy to have me put make up on her before the show. She packed a bag with a few toys to play with while she wasn’t dancing.

Marina performed well in both dances. During “Walking on Sunshine” she was singing along with the song, it was so cute! During “Angel of Music” she located me in the audience and waved. Some things never change.

Here are videos I took of both dances at dress rehearsal earlier this week.

Fall Break

I'm not sure when Fall Break was invented, but I never got one. I took a few days off to spend with Marina. We took it easy today, hanging around the house until lunchtime. Then we went out for lunch. Marina has wanted to go to Re Robin, so we went there.

After lunch, we went to our local library. They have a nice kids' area where she always makes friends and has fun. Right away she found two books she wanted to check out. Then she found activities to keep her busy for a while.

Marina reminded me that I'd planned for us to get our flu shots today. I was surprised she remembered and I didn't. She was very brave even if she was scared. She got a Barbie band aid for her bravery.

On the way home, we stopped by the grocery store to buy pumpkins. Marina wanted to go home and carve them right away. But I told her we should wait until closer to Halloween. She wasn't happy about that.

Marina had dance class this evening. She complained her arm hurt too badly to go. But her teacher promised to take it easy on her. After ballet, she tried Poms for the first time. I peaked in and saw her having a great time with a set of hot pink pom pons. So, it looks like she'll be taking that class again.