Are We There Yet???: Recital and Graduation

Well, here I am AGAIN playing "catch-up". Seriously, it gets rediculous. Oh well. First on the agenda: Kate's dance recital and graduation. Kate has had a busy month of May. We had her graduation from pre-school. My goodness, can't BELIEVE my first baby girl is going to Kinder in a little over 2 months... makes me almost sick to my stomach! She was a beautiful graduate.. of course, and we were very proud! She sang her songs, ran down the aisle when her name was called, and there was a hint of a smile. I laugh when I look at the pictures because she was on the front row, and still came to the shoulders of the people who stood beside her. I'm guessing she actually got something from MY side of the family... go figure! :)

Kate and Luke :)

see?? It almost looks like she is on the

bottom row by herself! love it!

Congratulations, Kate! Can't wait to see how your Kinder year goes. I know it will go Fantastic!

Next up: Dance recital! I LOVED dance when I was Kate's age. To say I loved it is almost an understatement. I loved going in there and just dance and be girly. It made me feel like a girl. I looked forward to it every week. I wanted this for Kate. She has been begging to go in "balleg" since she turned 3. After two years of gymnastics, we felt she was ready. She was kind of "ho-hum" about the whole thing.. more indifferent, I guess. I wanted her to stick it out until the recital so she would at least get the entire experience for a year. Well, the recital sold her on Ballet. Much to my surprise she LOVED being on stage. So much, that after she danced she was upset she couldn't go back out there to do ANOTHER dance. I'm really shocked by this.. a good shock, but shocked non-the-less. I was SO proud of how she did on stage. She did EVERY move, and if I do say so myself, was the most beautiful ballerina there ever was. Both sets of grandparents came to watch (of course! they wouldn't miss it!!). I have to laugh because my brother and sis-in-law (Dustin and Megan) and my precious neice came (Addison)... little did Dustin know that when he was enduring watching my recitals for 7 years, one day he would have to endure watching his niece as well.... hahaha.. for some reason, though, he seemed to enjoy Kate's... hmmmmmmm... Thank you everyone who came.. it meant a lot to her! :)