Our Dancer!

I somehow missed posting the pictures I took of Anna when she got all dressed up for her dance pictures, so I thought I'd just include them in her recital post. She was so happy this day to finally get to wear her pretty costumes! This is her jazz one...

& ballet....

This Saturday was the BIG day! She was so extremely excited! They said the dancers needed to wear makeup which was the first time for Anna. She was especially happy about the lipstick and insisted on pink, not red. Benjamin was cute and told her after she got ready that she looked pretty but he thinks she's prettiest without the makeup or in his words "the regular way". Isn't she adorable?!?!

Her jazz routine was to "Under The Sea" from The Little Mermaid. It was such a cute (and challenging) dance. She was nervous that she would remember all of it, but she did awesome!!

This class is during the day, so Dave hadn't really seen her do this routine and when he came to her rehearsal he covered his mouth and almost dropped the camera he was so amazed at his little girl!

She LOVES these two girls from our church, Tierney & Emma, who are dancers. They were sweet and helped her get ready for the next performance.

All ready for ballet.

For ballet they danced to "Somewhere Out There" which was so adorable.

Even though I've seen her do this so many times, I still get a little misty eyed watching her. She has the most beautiful way while dancing ballet. For a five year old, she amazes me how beautiful she makes all of her lines and how gracefully she moves from each position.

Best of all is the pure joy on her face while she dances. She really does love it!

Taking her final bow.

Flowers!!

Collin loved getting to watch his Tierney dance and had big hugs to give after the show.

It was a wonderful afternoon and we are so proud of our dancer!