Winter Showcase

December 18th was Anya's winter showcase for ballet, tap, and tumbling. Anya absolutely loves dancing and she gets so excited to perform. Of course, she also gets the pre-recital nerves, but you would never guess it once she gets on stage. As shy as she is, this girl LOVES to perform! :)

Unfortunately, two weeks before the recital, her ballet and tap teacher quit. The poor girls (Anya's classes are 4 and 5 year olds) had to learn brand new dances in 2 classes!!! They were troopers, though, and powered through. The ballet dance was incorporated into the older girls ballet dance, so they didn't have to do too much for that one. The tap number had a lot of steps but I thought they all did great! Anya was nervous that she would forget the steps since she had only 2 hours of practice, but I told her that she just had to try her best and all we wanted to see was her smiling face. She was very proud of herself and we are so proud of her!

For her tumbling routine, she is working on her handstands. She doesn't quite get her legs all the way up, but she loves to try!

I am so proud of our little dancer. She works hard and she has fun! The smile on her face says it all!!!!

(For some reason I can't download all 3 videos to this post so there will be two other posts with the other videos... Sorry!)

Eyes Closed

And this is what I got when I said "Eyes open, please" :)

Stretching before the recital began

Sitting with Daddy during intermission

I don't know about you, but I am TOTALLY jealous of those lashes!!!

Watching the older girls perform

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