Recital Weekend

Last night was dance recital rehearsal.  S got a ride down with the carpool and I picked them up!  C and I got downtown a little early and decided we deserved a cake pop for all the dance time we were going to be putting in this weekend:)  We got to the theater just in time to see S's class do their thing.  We were told that there would be absolutely no photography/videography on the day of the actual recital, so I wanted to make sure I got some good ones during the rehearsal!

The girls got a ride with Grace's mom to the rehearsal!

Because it was going to be a busy weekend of dance,
C and I got much-deserved cake pops while we were downtown
before picking up the girls!

Last minute instructions from Ms. Liz.

When we walked out of rehearsal, we were greeted by TONS
of kilt-clad-bagpipe-playing Scots preparing for a parade:)

Today was the day of the recital!  Things at our new studio are done quite differently than they were at the old studio.  This one does not call it "recital" but rather "demonstration".  The girls wear their assigned colored leotards and for the only time during the year are given skirts to wear!  I thought this might be hard for S to adjust to since she is used to having the pretty, fancy, fun costumes, but she said she actually liked it better because she wasn't itching the entire time!  HA!!  The recital lasted only an hour(and all the men in the family rejoice!!) and there were 21 dances done in that amount of time!  They were all fantastic and quite impressive!!

After getting our dancing princess from backstage and taking the requisite pictures, we headed to our dinner reservations at Soby's.  This just happens to coincidentally be my favorite restaurant;)  This was also the first time the kids have ever been to a really nice restaurant!  They did very well and even learned some fancy restaurant etiquette while they were there!

Even after all of this excitement, we were still able to be home to get the kids in bed not too much after normal bedtime unlike when we've been out super late after previous recitals - a definite plus with the set-up of our studio's demonstration!!