Toula's New Doggles

Had to buy these DOGGLES for Toula. Doesn't she look cute?!



She's worn them for a total of 30 seconds - so far. Well worth the money!

Dance Recital 2007 - We made it!

In my previous post, I wrote about Peanut's dance competition experience. She had an amazing performance year and we've both had lots of fun going to competitions.

Yesterday was the end of year recital. Peanut danced all her competition dances in both performances. Plus, all of the competition girls did an amazing finale!! It was really cool.

The recital performances started with a BANG. Now I must tell you that Peanut and I have been going to the Mother/Daughter dance class since January. We've joined 8 other Mother/Daughter pairs in learning our routine. We danced to "DREAM GIRLS" - which meant that we danced sort of like Vegas Show Girls.

Obviously this was a big stretch for me. Now don't get me wrong - I love to dance and I especially LOVE to dance with Peanut. But dressing up as a show girl complete with boa and head dress definitely got me out of my comfort zone (think golf clothes and you're in my comfort zone)!

I decided to go all out! Why go part way?! I wore fake eye lashes and lots of makeup and nylons and heels and dress and boa and head dress.

So here's pictorial evidence of our adventures and the DVD is on order.....




So there, Laura, I do wear a dress - very infrequently....

A BIG thanks to all of the family that came to the recital to watch Peanut and suffer through our Mother/Daughter performance - I hope that you got a good laugh! We sure did!

Peanut Dance Spring 2007

Peanut is on a competition dance team again this year. She's been having lots of fun dancing in competitions this spring. She's danced at the U of M, the Mpls Convention Center, Monticello High School, the State Theater in downtown Mpls and Eden Prairie High School.

In each competition she's danced her 5 dances and has become quite good at quick changes as each dance has its own costume, shoes, and hair style, etc. I'm getting good at applying her fake eyelashes and black eye-liner... even in the early morning.

Peanut's 5 dances are:

- Hip Hop "Bossy Girlz"
- Jazz "Nightglow"
- Tap "You Can't Stop the Beat"
- Lyrical "Wild Horses"
- Jazz "One in a Million"

I am Peanut's BIGGEST fan! I had a t-shirt made that says "DanceXchange Mom" on the front and "GO PEANUT!" on the back. I am so blessed to be Peanut's mom. I'm so proud of her.

The big difference between Peanut's dance competitions and my golf tournaments is that for dance it matters how you look... the make-up and eyelashes and hair are part of the deal. Thankfully there are no style points for golf (I wouldn't get any).

Here's Peanut showing off some of her dance style:




Peanut waiting for awards at Monticello:



Peanut and a couple of her dance buddies in front of the State Theater:



May 19th is the recital and the second week of June we all are going to Nationals at the Wisconsin Dells. Should be lots of fun.