Christmas Dance Recital

I love that Sadie and her cousin get to be in dance together. Here they're practicing their splits. Check out the pained expressions on their faces.

Although this isn't a video of the dance, you get a feel for it from these four pictures. Sadie did an awesome job. I love her face in each picture because you can tell she's giving it her all. It's almost as though she's taking on a new character. It's so cute.

Halloween Dance Recital

Today our Halloween activity was watching Sadie do her Halloween dance. All the girls dressed up in their costumes and performed for the parents. Kate and Sadie are in the same dance class and they got to dance side by side. They did such a good job.

Disney Dance Recital

This year the theme for Kali's and Sadie's dance recital was Disney. Sadie danced to The Happy Working Song from Enchanted. She got to dress up as a maid and looked so cute. One of her favorite parts was dusting the other dancer's feet.

Kali's dance was choreographed to The Second Star to the Right from Peter Pan. She also seemed to have a favorite dance move, the very first one that she got to repeat several times. For her dance pictures, the photographer asked if anyone could do a leg extension. Kali and one other girl said they could, so she did a sweet looking leg extension for the group picture. Between that and her splits, she is one flexible girl. Most people only dream of having that kind of flexibility.

Dance Recitals

Both Kali and Sadie had their Christmas dance recitals this week. I haven't had a chance to format the videos of them, but I'll post them as soon as I do. Sadie was a little distracted while I was there so it's not the best I've seen her do, but it was still a lot of fun to see all the things she's learning. Same with Kali, she's a hard worker and I can tell by how much she's learning.

Sadie's Halloween Dance

Sadie's Halloween dance was very cute too. Unfortunately I got a bad angle. But she did a great job and you can't help but smile watching girls that age dance.

Kali's Halloween Dance

Kali got to dance a contemporary dance for Halloween this year. It was pretty cute, but I feel bad for her because she was put in a place where she didn't have enough room to move around with everyone there watching. So just imagine her moves bigger and better because she likes to go all out. It was pretty fun to see her be the main part of the dance at one point too.

Dance Pictures

I seriously have the most amazing sister-in-law. She is such an amazing photographer (Raspberry Branch Photography). I asked her to quickly take pictures of my girls in their dance costumes and this is what I got. I had a hard time narrowing it down to my favorites.

This one is Kali's favorite dance move from one of her dances.

And Ashlyn isn't in dance, but loves wearing leotards and tutus. So my sister-in-law snapped of few of her too and they turned out priceless.

Dance Recital

Kali and Sadie had their dance recital tonight and I couldn't have been more proud. I knew that they had been working hard all year, but I couldn't believe their progress. They both danced with so much enthusiasm and had a lot of fun. The theme for the night was Tiptoe Through Time and both of them had two dances.

Kali - Hero

Sadie - Moon Shadow

Kali - I Saw the Sign

Sadie - Teddy Bear

Christmas Recital #2

Sadie's recital was today and she a did fabulous job. She really is a natural. It's fun to see her enjoying herself so much.

Christmas Recital

Kali had her dance recital today. She's learning lots and doing an excellent job. She recently told me that out of all the activities we've put her in, dance is her favorite. She wants to be a ballerina.

Halloween Dance

We also enrolled Sadie in dance this year and she is a natural (as long as she's not day dreaming). Her teacher has commented several times on how well she's doing. Her first recital turned out very cute.

Halloween Dance

We put Kali in dance this year and tonight was her first recital. She's very aware that most of the other girls in her class have taken dance before, but I think she's doing excellent. The Halloween dance was super cute. This video begins a few seconds after the dance started because the girls near her kept bumping into her. But the smile on her face after the dance is over tells me that she's enjoying herself.