Dancing Queen

Last fall when it was time to sign Cameron up for dance classes, I decided that two dance classes would be busy and excessive and so I made Cameron choose between clogging and ballet. And low and behold, she ended up being in both (I swear I said choose one) and so we have been busy dancing on Tuesdays for clogging and Wednesdays for ballet. This meant double tuition and double costume fees, which sucked, but she loves it. But then we got the schedule for the Christmas recitals and they ended up being on the same day. Yep, four hours of beginning dance moves later....

And it gets better because we started the day out with Clogging. And I was fine. And Cameron was amazing. And I was so proud. And we headed home for a little rest and relaxation before the ballet recital and about two hours before it started, I started to feel a little dizzy. And tired. And oh dear, upset stomach, complete and utter flu symptoms. And I knew it was coming because Matt had had it earlier in the week but of course it had to hit while I was applying Cameron's make up and getting ready to go. And there was an actual complete and utter fear that I may not make it to a bathroom if needed once there in the audience. But I was absolutely NOT going to miss this recital. So I got her there and I sat in the very back row of the auditorium so as to be able to make a quick escape if nature called. And I sat and I shook with fever while my sweet ballerina danced away.

So I don't have any photos from the actual recital, but I did get some shots of her afterward in front of our tree. Isn't she beautiful?




And while I had the camera out and I wasn't puking, I decided to take some photos for the Christmas scrapbook page. But I didn't have the energy to fight it, so there is a lot of unruly posing going on. Love these kids.
But I wish just once they would all give me a killer smile at the same damn time.