481. My little cheerleader and monkey.  Dance recital time!   Dress rehearsal on Saturday - real deal Monday night.   This was officially a first for me (I played sports growing up!) and the girls.  They were so brave (so hard to get up in front of all those people - but they did it!), gave it their best effort, smiled, had fun and busted those moves.   They did such a fantastic job - I had to use everything in me not to stand up and cheer them on through the routines.

482.  Special moments with my girls.  Saturday after Ava and Kate completed their dress rehearsal - the girls and I snuck out into the theater to watch the older girls practice their routines.  We sat for an hour and a half - they were so excited and mesmerized.  I kept saying....ok...we'll go after this dance...and they kept pleading..."just one more mommy?.  They loved the dancing - and I loved sitting there with them.  Afterwards we stopped for slushies of course.  I love having girls!
Kate's Monkey routine...
Ava's cheer dance...
Grand finale
After the recital - proud of my little ladies!
 

Late update - and out of sequence with numbers - but Ava had her first piano recital this weekend and we couldn't have been prouder.  She walked up to the stage with confidence...more than I had even watching her...and pounded out her songs.  So proud of our Bean.  And she seemed so grown up (sniff, sniff!). 
Her awesome piano teacher Miss Barb handing her a sheet music gift and congratulating her after the recital:-)
 Stepping down off the stage after her performance.  So big!
 I wish the pictures came out clearer - but oh...I was a proud mommy!
 Waiting her turn to play.  Her feet didn't even touch the floor:-)
 
 

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