Taking The Stage

In grande finale style, our three girls demonstrated a year's worth of hard work and exhilarating joy as they took the stage at the dance recital.

waiting for her turn

hallway hair-do

tiny ballerina

She loves every minute.

something new for Molly

 

Hip-hop brings out a whole new energy!

Only stopping that smile for a second to concentrate.

glowing in her final performance

More than dancers, they are friends.

lyrical emotions

more ballet

posing with cousins after the show

Grandma comes to support her grandkiddos.

Mama watches with pride.

Oliver has his own moves.

Praising God for health and strength and opportunity to enjoy His gift of dance!

 

Just Like Any Other Day

Most days these children of mine are defending the castle with a sword fight, or flying off of tall towers, or searching for their home as a stray animal. Yesterday was no exception.

And so, even though some kids look forward to picking out a costume at this time of year (and so do mine), for these children, dress-up is part of their lives. Besides a bit of extra sugar, this was like any other day :)

Every Day Is Dress-Up Day

In these here parts, every day is dress-up day. Halloween night usually means we go with our cousins and stop at our favourite neighbours', who love to see the kids, then off to Grandma's and then onto the church for the Harvest Party. This year, all of the kids, as well as, my husband were not feeling well. I had just returned home from my retreat two hours before and they just had to dress up anyway! We didn't end up going to the church, which is a twenty-five minute drive for us but we did manage to visit a few people with our beautiful butterflies, Egyptian princess and little cowboy :)

But, it wouldn't matter what day it was, these children of mine love nothing more than dressing up and play-acting. We've joined a homeschool theatre group and are presenting Peter Pan in June. This will feel quite natural to my children as they dance about as some new character a few times a day. My husband and I have no lack of entertainment.

Now, if only someone would come and make all this candy disappear!