Spring Dance Recital 2011

Shelby had her very first dance recital a couple of weeks ago.

The day started out with a dress rehearsal at 9:00 am.  Shelby was so happy to FINALLY be wearing her red costume!

 

 

I dropped her off at the designated location in the hall and she got to coloring with her friends.  The class was ages 3-5 and since we started last fall, they wouldn’t let me put her up a class with 6 yr olds.  She was the oldest one but still had a great time.  There were a couple other 5 year olds, some 4 yr olds, and even a couple of 3 yr olds.  Shelby brought colors for everyone to share, of course!

I got to snap some close-up shots during the rehearsal, as no flash photography was allowed during the real performance that night.

They wore tutus and bows for their ballet to “You’ll Be In My Heart” (from Tarzan).

And they wore back feather skirts and hats for their tap song (“Rockin’ Robin”)

Shelby seemed to be a little leader since she was the oldest. The other girls sometimes looked to her for their moves :)

After rehearsal, we went home to rest a while, and before long it was time to get dolled up and ready for the REAL THING. 

Shelby loves when I curl her hair so we had to do it for this special night!

 

And she was all about posing for the camera.  She loves her Mamarazzi.

We got her flowers and of course she LOVED them.

As we walked down the hallway to her class’s spot, she just kept smelling them and smiling.

This picture shows how hot those hallways were!

After the recital she got more flowers from Aunt Millie and Uncle Lukas.

There she is!!

Afterwards we all headed to Oscar’s for some Mexican food.  Yumm!

All of our lovely family who took the time to come to this for Shelby are so special to us!

Poppy, Nonnie, Luke, Millie, Tyler, Anna & Bryan!

 

We took a few family pictures.

Nonnie doesn’t like these so we’ll keep them small :)

 

Of course, I love a good picture of my love and me!

 

We did some swingin’ in the parking lot before heading home. :)

Finally…Meet Bryan.  This is Anna’s boyfriend!  He was in town to visit Anna from Little Rock, Arkansas to witness this special event (lucky him! haha!)
As you can see, Shelby took to him like a bird to water.  She knows a good guy when she sees one! :)