Ladybug Picnic - Madison's First Dance Recital!

On Saturday, Madison performed in her first dance recital. She'd been taking ballet/tap classes since last August. We were all SO excited to see her on her big day!

Her first picture request was one with her brothers!!! This was the best we could get. Haha.

With Great Grandma and Great Grandpa

Carter wanted his picture, too!!!


 Grandpa Dave! I love this photo.

One of her on her own...

And of course...Carter...lol.


Grandma Tracy!

The three of us.

She wasn't too overly smiley for pictures after her performance because she was a little upset that she couldn't see us from the stage while she danced because it was so dark.

We all went out to eat at Buffalo Wild Wings afterwards.

Here are a couple candid shots from picture day of M with some of the girls in her class.




And, I LOVE this photo courtesy of PhotoFROG.

Madison truly enjoyed dance class, and her teacher Miss Jenny. We are taking a break this summer, and will decide in a few weeks if she'd like to sign up for classes again for next year. She is growing up SO fast! I think I had my first dance recital around age 6, too. It's a lot of fun for me being a 'dance mom' now. :-)

Dance, Dance, Dance!

I enrolled Madison in her first dance class this fall. Her class was a 30 minute session, once a week, for 7 weeks at a dance studio in Blue Grass. It was SO nice not having to drive 20+ minutes for an activity for her! There were a few other toddlers in class with her. And, her teacher, Miss Savana, was great!

I had TOO much fun purchasing her dance attire...of course she had to have ballet shoes, a skirt, and a leotard. (She's already grown out of her leotard!)

Getting help with her shoe from one of the older girls that helped during class.

Green tutu!

Halloween week.

She always picked the furthest square as her 'spot' during the class.

She LOVED the trampoline! (And the balance beam..sorry no picture.)

I sat inside the dance class room each class...but by the end of the sessions she was too distracted by me (and the other family) and didn't participate as much as I would have liked. If we enroll her again next year, I plan to wait outside the room so the teacher can take more control and so that she is less distracted by me. Plus, I think it will be good for her to participate in a class-like setting without me present. So...we shall see how it goes! :)