Corey's Dance Recital - Dance Illusion

Corey's dance recital was last night and it was so fun to see Corey dancing and how much she is improving and getting braver on stage. It was a long 2 days with the 4 hour dress-rehearsal and a 4 hour show....by the time you have to save seats, get your dancer there on time and watch the actual 2 hour show. But it is worth it.

I left Casen with my sister-in-law Mandy because I was not going to try and sit there for that long with a 1.5 year old. But I did make Cade come to support his sister, but it was long for him and he was struggling to sit through it. Matt even left after Corey's 3 dances. He could not sit there any longer either. Men were so not cut out for dance recitals. Grandma Nanny came too for Corey's first dance. She had to leave to go and take care of Norm, plus she has already sat through her fair share of dance recitals with her daughter Mandy and her grandkids. They can get long.

Corey did so awesome. Her first dance was her "If you can Dream" ballet and she got to start out on the stage with another little girl for about 15 seconds and then the rest of the team joined her. It was special for her and for me. She is kinda hard to see because she is in the back row on all her performances, but I could still see her. Her 2nd dance was her Jazz dance called "Splish Splash." And she did cute on that one too. They her 3rd dance was her Tap Dance "Hot Hot Hot" and they wore these cute little hula outfits. And then the finale was cute too.

She starts to complain about dance practice about 1/2 way through the year... she just wants to play outside with the nieghbors and not have any organized activities/sports. But she loves the end of the year recital. She loves getting all dressed up with the costumes and make-up and curly hair. And I think she likes being backstage, with all the girls...feeling so grown up.

And this year I did make sure to get her some Flowers for after the show because last year it was a nightmare. I did not get her any flowers.... thought she was too young. Well everyone gets flowers and she only got candy. So this year.... I snuck and got her flowers before the show and Cade wanted to give them to her. She was so happy and it was worth it to me to see how happy she was when she got the flowers. She does want to try Hip Hop next year. So we will see. We loved this new dance company...Dance Illusion. The dances are cute, the costumes are great and affordable, and the teachers are so good with the kids. Loved it!