Beauty and the Ballet

May 26th: Princess Ballet Recital

This past year, Blakely was in her very first ballet class. She did very well, and made a lot of new friends. She had a great teacher names Ms. Amy, and we are very grateful for such a fun, positive first experience with dance!

In lieu of costumes, the girls were told to wear a princess dress with their tights and shoes.

Left to Right: We had Cinderella, Anna, Elsa, Belle and (I don't know??).

Blakely's current favorite princess is Ariel, but when we put that dress on it held her legs too close together (because its a mermaids tail!) to allow her to dance, so she went with her second favorite: Belle!

My Silly girl!

Katy Ellis was pretty excited to be allowed to go in the room with mirrors.

Blakely's adoring fan base!

We are ready for the performance to begin!!!

They danced to "Bibbity, Bobbity Boo" from Cinderella and "Let It Go" from Frozen.

Blakely was always quick to find her mark and paid close attention to the teacher the whole time.

She loves dancing, and it was such a cute performance.

So silly... but I got a little misty watching her dance! Ha! Crazy weepy mama.

Blakely is good student, and so well behaved during her recital. I was very, very proud of her!!

After the recital, she let them free dance to "Let It Go," and told them to sing it loud! Always quick to obey Ms. Amy, Blakely starts singing loudly (WAY off key) "Let it go! Let it go!" She was so happy!!

Blurry, but Blakely LOVES Ms. Amy!!

They each got a certificate for their performance with a superlative on it. Blakely's was "Best Smile."

Daddy got work off to attend the performance, and he brought Blakely a bouquet with pink roses. Pink roses are Blakely's favorite flower!

Daddy and his Tiny Dancer!!

Thank you Ms. Amy!! We love you!!

Auntie loves her Blakely girl!!

Banks made Blakely a sweet congratulations card! He was so proud to give it to her!!

GG with all 4 Grands! This is as good as a picture with all of them in it gets! HA! Love this motley crew!!

Congratulations Blakely!! You did a great job!!