Dance Recital

After years of attending flag football games, Little League, and Tae Kwon Do, we got to experience our first dance recital. Picture a hundred girls ages 2-8 on a high school auditorium stage, with 600 family and friends watching in the audience. Yes, it was chaos. Babies crying in the audience. Girls getting stage fright and crying on stage. SuburbanMommy standing back stage with the rest of the dance moms. Things 1-3 complaining about having to sit still and keep quiet, especially after the sound system broke and they had to repeat two routines. I enjoyed every minute of it. Just wait until you see Thing 4 in her blue costume. She is the one walking in on her toes, dancing all the way to the left.

I Have So Much To Learn

After 8 years and 4 kids, I thought I had learned all the skills and tools I would need to be a parent. But, as it turns out, I still have so much to learn. Especially when it comes to girls.

Take my first attempt at pigtails. If that’s what you call it. It came out looking more like the mutant toys from Toy Story than pigtails. Luckily, Thing 4 is wise enough not to let me do this on her. But she did let me practice on her Dora doll. Poor Dora.

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I’ll be studying up by watching this How To Make Pigtails video.? If you have any more tips let me know.? Not to worry, Thing 4 is always ready to say “cheese” for the camera.

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