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Dance Productions Recital 2015

Eva - Dance Productions - Recital - 2015
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Today was Eva’s fifth recital with Dance Productions. She participated in two numbers. She’s been taking both Hip Hop and Ballet. She also earned her five year trophy. She did an excellent job during the recital and was so happy and proud when it was over. Quite the difference from a few years ago when she was crying at the finale because she lost a tooth and was upset. Her confidence has grown and so has her skill.

Andrew was well behaved during the recital. He loves it when the “long” girls dance. He calls the older girls “long” instead of tall. We’ve tried correcting him to say tall but he still says long. Regardless, he enjoyed the older girls dancing. He was also happy to see Eva dance, for half of the song at least. He gave a few enthusiastic “Woos” and then passed out for most of the rest of the recital. Continue reading Dance Productions Recital 2015 →

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What to do with Recital Flowers


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What a difference a day makes. After last night’s crazy splinter affair where Eva screamed like we were killing her. Today she was completely subdued, her foot was much better and she was back to her old self.

She was back to being sweet and thoughtful. When we asked her if we could give her recital flowers to someone who would be able to better appreciate them she agreed with two small caveats. First, that she get to keep the big single rose so that we could dry it out for her. And second, that we took a photo of her with the flowers. I thought that was reasonable.

Why are we giving away her flowers? Well, by the time we are home to appreciate them they will be totally dead. As it is we have to lock them in the bathroom so the three cats don’t make a meal out of them, a meal that they would immediately puke up.

So, the flowers were brought to Madonna Manor where they were put into a resident’s room so they could be appreciated more fully. That is the kind of kind and thoughtful thing that we’ve come to know from our Eva.

I cannot believe that tomorrow is her last day of Pre-K/Kindergarten. I know there are going to be some tears all around when we pick her up tomorrow.