Arden's First Dance Recital

Arden's first dance recital was last weekend.  It was a half hour ballet and gymnastics class and they participate right along with all the other dancers in the annual recital.  Arden's class' routine was to a song called "You Know What". 

Here she is ready to go on stage for the first performance!  We weren't allowed to take pictures or videos on stage and I had forgotten my camera for the dress rehearsal, so you'll just have to imagine the adorableness that was seven three-year-olds on stage and more or less dancing and tumbling.

We had a little picnic before the second performance.  I don't regularly get Happy Meals or chocolate milk for her, but it made her happy and worked well that day.

After we got home, I did a little photo shoot to capture the prima ballerina in all her glory.  I think I took about 150 pictures, of which at least 110 were of the top of her head because she kept looking down the whole time.

Luckily a plane flew overhead and then at last I could see her eyes.

What's left of her "half up, half down and curly" hairdo.  I used tons of hairspray and a hotter iron than I really wanted and the curls were still hafhearted after the drive to the theatre.

 We'll be signed up for classes again next year!