Last night, Carlee had her first big production. For the past 10 months, Carlee has been dancing at Excelsior School of Dance. She has loved every bit of it and has always looked forward to Fridays ever since her first class. She has learned how to skip, dance gracefully and listen to a teacher (this is the only preschool she gets). However she still has her moments when she wants to jump and be over active (all due to the excitement of being there). Here is a run down of the evening. First we got her leotard on and did hair and make-up at home.
We took over 40 pictures for this event and in almost half of them Carlee was sticking out her tongue. She is a pill!
We use lots of hairspray and gel to get her fine little whispies out of her face.
Foundation, powder, blush, eye liner, lip liner and lipstick makes being a dancer even more enjoyable to Carlee.
Backstage putting on the finishing touches. Carlee wanted to help with her fancy leg frillies.
All set, full of energy, and now she gets to wait for everything to start. Carlee was a bundle of energy backstage and ran around a lot. She said she had butterflies in her tummy. Carlee was one of the many little lambs that would be dancing to "Great Is The Lord."
One thing Carlee told me before going on stage, was that she was going to do her silly dance like she did in dress rehearsal. I told her she needed to listen to her teacher and follow her. Carlee danced beautifully and did great the whole time, but right at the end (when all the little ballerina's were exiting the stage) she went to the corner of the stage and did her fishy swim dance and twirled and made the whole audience laugh hysterically. Greg and I were beside ourselves and so was the rest of our family. Who would have thought my daughter would be the one to steal the show. She is so funny and I love that she does not mind being ridiculous to make people laugh (just like her mommy). Here's an example of what she did: (we weren't aloud to take pictures during the actual performance, so here is her interpretation)
Carlee loved getting baby roses from us. This was her first arrangement. (I've learned this is pretty much required after ballet shows- Good thing we only have one a year.)
After the production, grandparents came to the house to celebrate and to watch the dress rehearsal video we took the other day and enjoy some homemade cookies. Here's Carlee with my mom and dad (her Nana and Grandpa).
Carlee with Greg's parent's (Grammy and Pawpaw)
It was a lovely evening. The one thing I LOVE about Carlee's dance studio is that they do it all for the glory of God. Her teachers are hands on and so precious. They end every class with prayer and focus on God shining through them as they practice. The production was not only filled with good dancers, but with an insightful message that portrayed Christ. Carlee shined Jesus through her smile, dance and funny personality. Great job sweet girl- mommy and daddy are so proud of you!
We took over 40 pictures for this event and in almost half of them Carlee was sticking out her tongue. She is a pill!
We use lots of hairspray and gel to get her fine little whispies out of her face.
Foundation, powder, blush, eye liner, lip liner and lipstick makes being a dancer even more enjoyable to Carlee.
Backstage putting on the finishing touches. Carlee wanted to help with her fancy leg frillies.
All set, full of energy, and now she gets to wait for everything to start. Carlee was a bundle of energy backstage and ran around a lot. She said she had butterflies in her tummy. Carlee was one of the many little lambs that would be dancing to "Great Is The Lord."
One thing Carlee told me before going on stage, was that she was going to do her silly dance like she did in dress rehearsal. I told her she needed to listen to her teacher and follow her. Carlee danced beautifully and did great the whole time, but right at the end (when all the little ballerina's were exiting the stage) she went to the corner of the stage and did her fishy swim dance and twirled and made the whole audience laugh hysterically. Greg and I were beside ourselves and so was the rest of our family. Who would have thought my daughter would be the one to steal the show. She is so funny and I love that she does not mind being ridiculous to make people laugh (just like her mommy). Here's an example of what she did: (we weren't aloud to take pictures during the actual performance, so here is her interpretation)
Carlee loved getting baby roses from us. This was her first arrangement. (I've learned this is pretty much required after ballet shows- Good thing we only have one a year.)
After the production, grandparents came to the house to celebrate and to watch the dress rehearsal video we took the other day and enjoy some homemade cookies. Here's Carlee with my mom and dad (her Nana and Grandpa).
Carlee with Greg's parent's (Grammy and Pawpaw)
It was a lovely evening. The one thing I LOVE about Carlee's dance studio is that they do it all for the glory of God. Her teachers are hands on and so precious. They end every class with prayer and focus on God shining through them as they practice. The production was not only filled with good dancers, but with an insightful message that portrayed Christ. Carlee shined Jesus through her smile, dance and funny personality. Great job sweet girl- mommy and daddy are so proud of you!
3 comments:
i love it, what a funny little girl. I can't wait to get to know her one day.
Yes, the flowers are a must! Good thing I thougt of it at the first performance, so she wasn't the only one without them. Now she expects them. :)
What a doll!!! and a performer... She is just precious, like her mommy.
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