Dancing Feet

Last evening was the DD's last dance recital. I enrolled her in tap dance at the age of 4 yrs to help with social skills. I danced tap/ballet from the age of 3 yrs until the leg injury and I miss it. So it was a delight to me that she fell in love with dance and had a natural ability.
She quickly moved up the ranks of tap and her first tap solo was at the age of 7 years. This kid can tap with the best of them. She dances on pointe but tap is her favorite. She has performed classical tap, soft shoe, stomp etc. Her teacher made several comments over the years that it didn't matter what step she threw out to her, she nailed it every time.

She was in 9 numbers last night and on one of the numbers she came through the audience to take the stage. On the last performance she presented me with a single red rose and a hug of thanks. I wasn't expecting the surprise and there were a few tears.
Both performances were impeccable and she did not make one mistake.


To my Daughter,

I had no expectations when I enrolled you in dance 14 yrs ago. Yet, you fell in love with it.
I have watched you grow from a little dancer to a phenomonal performer.

It has come to a close and you gave a perfect performance. Be Proud!
Thank you for giving so many wonderful memories to hold dear to my heart.

You're my Dancing Feet!
Love, Mom

Weekend Fun

Anita sent fuzzy toys to the kitties. Here's Aurora in the computer room batting one of them. Guess where it went? You've got it! Right under the cabinet. She worried herself to death to get it back. I crawled on the floor and finally retrieved the darn thing. During the night she dug every single one of the fuzzy toys from the box and lost them somewhere in this house.
Anita, you and Barbara are correct, these little things really are "crack" toys to a cat.






When I got up this morning I caught her in the act of batting a ball of yarn. Noro yarn, mind you.
I'm going to look for those "crack" toys today.

I finished the Crazy for Ziggy socks. They were supposed to be a gift for the DD. She saw they were finished and promptly grabbed them.

She wore them the next day to school with her clear shoes.

Last night was the very last Sweetheart Dance. She was having fun for the camera before she left.

She didn't have a date but her friends included her anyway. One of the dates "adopted" her and included her in the dance picture with his date.

They had dinner at a Japanese restaurant. The kids were calling parents during the meal. Apparently they didn't check into menu prices when making reservations and were caught a little short on cash. Several parents had to meet up with them to give a few more $'s.

Living in a depression/recession is a disadvantage.

Living in the Appalachian's has it's advantages. We live close to 2 other states which means one can trade/borrow prom dresses that have not been seen at one's own prom.

DD borrowed this dress from a friend in a neighboring state and in turn gave her a dress to borrow.

It was a strapless dress but I put rhinestone straps on it so there would not be a wardrobe malfunction at the dance:).

Posing and having fun for the camera.

I don't know where the time has gone but it's flying fast and furious these days.

Homecoming Dance

This is a picture of one of the fun dress up days during Homecoming week.

Quite a "get up." LOL

This is the Field Captain dressed up for the Homecoming Dance. Quite a transformation in 2 hours from the end of the winning Homecoming game to leaving for the dance.

This young man (as I mentioned in the second of the three posts) was her date for the dance. We were the designated chauffer for the evening as the young man is wheelchair bound from a tragic car accident.

We tranported them to their dinner reservations to meet 20 other classmates. They had pizza. It figures, doesn't it? Kids go to a great restuarant and they order pizza. LOL

We picked them up from there and tranported them to the dance. They had a great time and truly enjoyed the time together.

There are a few more play-off games to go but nothing compares to the Homecoming Game. Not even State Play-offs. It's an awesome time and if you are an alumni and think you are "done with all that" then you really missed an awesome game. After all tradition, fun, family and the enthusiasm from both schools is what Homecoming is all about.