Our first Dance Recital

Eliza has always loved to dance. Her favorite family home evening activity is to dance while Josh plays the keyboard. She corriographs everyones moves. She often has to correct me because dancing is far from one of my talents. It comes very naturally to her. She was so excited to finally get to take dance class. I titled it our first dance recital because I feel like I was more nervous than her and that I was the one who had to learn the most. I think it took me over an hour to get her ready on the first day. I never new so much went into making a simple bun. I had to master the art of hair nets, bobby pins, and hair spray and putting lip stick on another person. I would have known exactly what to do if they would have asked me to put her beautiful hair up into a ball cap.


We drove down to Leesburg once a week all year so that she could take dance with her cousins. Basically, it was a really good excuse for me to drive down to Leesburg once a week to see my mom. Eliza looked forward to that day all week because she got to play with her cousin Brady and then go to dance which are two of her very favorite things. My sister, Amy, babysat Hannah during dance which was a huge plus for me. Getting to watch Eliza dance was totally worth the drive each week. Dance Recital week is a long and stressful week for the moms and girls. It was really nice getting to share that experience with Amy and Amanda. I am hoping to tweek my schedule for next year so that Hannah and Eliza can take dance down there again... a little crazy but totally worth it!



She was so excited to put real make-up on. Wearing mascara was not as exciting as she had once thought. I was surprised how much I enjoyed getting to play dress up with her. I could hardly recognize her when we were done. It took her awhile to beg to wear make-up again after four days of wearing it. We are so proud of her for having the courage to get up on stage and dance.