Dance recital!!!

Yesterday was Isabel's first dance recital! She did fantastic. It was a joyous time for her, for me, and her dad. I think her brothers were somewhat entertained, too. As we were driving home she told me she wants to do another recital again soon, and that she loved doing it.

She really has taken to dance better than I would have dreamed. She is always so happy to go do dance class, totally loves her teacher, and practices here dances numerous times a day. It is so cute and fun to see her thrive in this way.

She was the youngest and tiniest girl in the whole recital, so to me that made her especially cute. Her first number was a ballet routine to "I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus." The second number was a tap routine to "Mickey Mouse's Birthday Party."

She loved the whole experience of wearing costumes, dress rehearsal, being backstage and getting hair done, lipgloss applied, and eating snacks with all the little girls, and even being on stage.

I didn't get lots of great pictures with all the commotion, but Brian did record both routines in their entirely. This was primarily for our families, my mom especially, who was devastated she couldn't be here to see it. Here are a few pictures:



Flowers from daddy:

And the videos! Here is her ballet performance:



And her tap performance:


Because it was a Holiday Show, Santa made an appearance at the end. Isabel didn't want a picture with him, but Connor was all over it:

Great job Isabel! You are a beautiful dancer and we are all so very proud of you!