This year was Kathryn's first year in ballet. She really enjoyed her class with Miss Christy and is excited to learn more next year in Kindergarten Ballet/Tap class. To finish up the year they had a very large (humungous) recital at the Civic Center here in town on May 14th. Her good friend Lily also takes ballet at Prima School of Dancing so we met up with Lily and her mom for some last minute hair and make up before the dress rehearsal. This is a picture of the girls all ready to go for rehearsal.
The theme for the ballet recital was Good Night Moon and 3 other children's classics. Both Lily and Kathryn were in The Velveteen Rabbit. Lily was a Toy Soldier and her dance was right before Kathryn's. Kathryn was a Raspberry from the scene where the Velveteen Rabbit gets left outside. She loved being a Raspberry and she did a fantastic job too!
Here is a picture of her waiting for her turn before the big recital. She wanted to do a pose for me so the picture is a little blurry. I think it does a good job of showing some of the things she has learned this year :-)
Here is a picture caught by a real photographer during the dress rehearsal. These pics were put up on a website so I bought this one. My little ballerina is 2nd from the end with her toe pointing out. After she saw this pic she told what move she was doing at the time and what she was supposed to do next, etc. She seems to have a really good grasp on this stuff!
And finally, part of Kathryn's dance was performed behind a raspberry bush. After the recital we could go on stage and take pictures.
They even had a raspberry bush out for us take pictures with! The set up was perfect but my little anti-picture girl would not let us take her picture peaking out from the bush. So, these are pictures of the bush and Kathryn hiding behind the bush. She thought she was pretty funny when she saw the pictures. :-)
The theme for the ballet recital was Good Night Moon and 3 other children's classics. Both Lily and Kathryn were in The Velveteen Rabbit. Lily was a Toy Soldier and her dance was right before Kathryn's. Kathryn was a Raspberry from the scene where the Velveteen Rabbit gets left outside. She loved being a Raspberry and she did a fantastic job too!
Here is a picture caught by a real photographer during the dress rehearsal. These pics were put up on a website so I bought this one. My little ballerina is 2nd from the end with her toe pointing out. After she saw this pic she told what move she was doing at the time and what she was supposed to do next, etc. She seems to have a really good grasp on this stuff!
And finally, part of Kathryn's dance was performed behind a raspberry bush. After the recital we could go on stage and take pictures.
They even had a raspberry bush out for us take pictures with! The set up was perfect but my little anti-picture girl would not let us take her picture peaking out from the bush. So, these are pictures of the bush and Kathryn hiding behind the bush. She thought she was pretty funny when she saw the pictures. :-)
Easter night we stayed at my mom & dad's house. This was just fine for Kathryn because the next morning she got to ride her "motorcycle". My dad found this and fixed it up just for Kathryn. After just a few times of taking it around the tree she was a pro. So much so that she attempted to ride to the end of the field and back. Of course half-way there the battery died and Jeremy had to push her all the way home!
Today we did it! We put pigtails in Kathryn's hair for the first time. In case you weren't sure - yes she is over 3 years old. She was watching a movie -in other words sitting still enough for me to actually comb her hair!
