Anna Claire had her first dance performances today. To participate, parents had to purchase a $50 sweatsuit. It is a very nice sweatsuit, with her dance studio's logo on the shirt and pants, and yes, we are encouraging her to wear it often to justify the purchase price!
The two performances were at Spring Meadows and Signature Health, both within 10 minutes of our house so that was convenient. The first performance unfortunately coincided with her friend Ellie's birthday party. I, along with a couple other parents, had already promised Anna Claire she could attend the birthday party prior to committing to the performances, and being a parent who keeps promises to her child, I let her do both.
The way we handled it was to skip nap altogether (which we'd regret later). We went to the birthday, only staying for an hour, leaving right after cake. It felt rude in a way, but the mom of the birthday girl was a fellow dance mom so she realized she had scheduled it at a conflicting time and was understanding.
We were able to make it to both performances in plenty of time and got her changed into the right gear in the process.
Watching the girls prior to the performance was almost as sweet as watching the performance itself. It was very crowded in there with residents, staff, kids and parents, making it very hot, especially for the girls in those sweatsuits, but they behaved awesome and were having a ball. Amy led the girls in swaying and dancing while they waited for their turn.
The Spring Meadow performance was so sweet. As one of the other mom's put it, "You can't get much sweeter than babies singing about Jesus." Several moms and me had tears in our eyes by the end of the Away in the Manger performance.
By Signature's performance, the need for nap was evident and emotions were flaring. Amy's swaying was no longer received well by the other girls, and all the parents were cringing at our babies rolling around on that dirty floor in $50 electric white sweat suits.
By the time our girls performed, Anna Claire and Amy were tired and put out with each other. Amy decided she didn't want to stand by Anna Claire during the performance because she wasn't doing the dance moves and ran away from her during it. Anna Claire followed Amy who continued to move away. Amy finally had it and pushed Anna Claire to the floor at the end of the performance. Ta-da!
The girls are back to being best friends again. By Wednesday Anna Claire was asking to draw pictures for Amy, so that is a good sign.
I am currently having issues loading videos/pics from my phone to my computer, so once I get this straightened out I will add the dance videos to this blog post. :)
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