Gabbie has been taking tap/ballet for the last 4 months. You may remember her fist class where she would not participate at all and only stayed in the room because Kiley made her!
Well, she has come a long way! She had her fist recital May 19, 2012. She was so excited! I even let her wear some make-up... real make-up... mom's make-up! I think she was more excited about that than anything.
Here she is pre-recital with her best little buddy Tristyn. She was in such a good mood and happy as can be! I thought this may actual work without any drama!
Well, as soon as we told her it was time to dance, the drama kicked in. She got all shy and said she wanted to go home. With some coaxing and lots of help from Tristyn, she finally did it.
Her final dance was a daddy/daughter dance. However, Kiley was not able to attend per doctor's orders. I told Gabbie that Daddy really wanted to dance, but that he couldn't. She asked me, "Then who is going to dance with me?" I asked her if she would dance with Cory, who is our sitters son who Gabbie knows well. She said, "Ya! That will work!" So Cory stepped in and saved the day!
She was so proud of herself after the first two dances! She ran out to me with a grin on her facing, exclaiming, "I did it mom! I did it!" Then she absolutely refused to do the last dance.
With even more coaxing, we finally got her to participate.
Here is our girl in action! This is a little long, but I figured grandparents would want to see it.
Don't know many seniors who would do this, so a big thanks to Cory!
As I was watching her dance, I was so proud of my little girl!
I have to send a big thanks to our sitter, Jodi. None of this would have been possible if she wasn't willing to take our Gabbie to dance. She is so much more than a sitter and is always willing to do so much for our kids. I don't know who else would be willing to take 5 kids so that the 2 oldest could attend dance and tumbling class. Thanks Jodi!
Here is our beautiful princess ballerina!
The recital was at 1:00, so by the time we got home I decided it was too late to give Gabbie a nap. She was snuggled up with me while I was feeding Liam. I literally got up, put Liam in his crib and came back to find our princess sound asleep.
She really is our Sleeping Beauty!
