She really did look adorable and she did a wonderful job. She had 3 dances, one tap, one ballet and one jazz. However, the recital was...in a word....painful. It was THREE hours long!! Grace was exhausted and starving when it was all over. Every dance class did three numbers, which wouldn't have been bad, but then they had their solo dancers doing their competition routines. Seriously....6, 7, 8 year olds doing competitive competition solos!! The whole thing was just a bit much for me...a little to JonBenet Ramsey like with all the makeup, costumes, flowers and stage mommas! Not sure this is the kind of daughter I want to raise, or the kind of mom I want to be. I did the whole competitive dance thing, but I didn't start till I was 15(and those of you who know my mother know she was most certainly NOT a stage mother!)...it all seems a little too much, too soon.
She loves her dance class, and seemed to have fun today, so I'm torn as to what to do next year. Some days I think we over analyze how we choose to raise our children and other days it seems like we can't be too careful.
After the recital, we hurried home to meet with the realtor who is listing our house. For those of you who don't know, we are in the process of buying a lot in Sunnyvale that we will eventually build on. We are putting our house on the market now though, because in this market, who knows how long it will take to sell.
We all loaded up and went to Sean Denny's birthday party at WetZone this afternoon. The kids all had a great time, but most especially Mandy! She was so excited about her bathing suit and playing in the water that she cried and cried when I took off her suit to come home!
After the party we came home so Scott could head out to poker with the guys. Nick is in town this weekend and has Shaun, so Thomas, Grace and Mandy played all evening with Shaun until they all fell asleep watching a movie!
Blessings,
Leslie
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