The Brown Brick Road

Samantha’s dance recital was on a Thursday after school so I might have checked our out of school a little early so we had plenty of time to get ready! I mainly did it because I needed extra time to get that bun just right!! I’d say I did a pretty good job…

Go me! ha! Samantha looked just about as perfect as can be in her first costume.

Brothers were “excited” to go watch too…they didn’t have a choice after all the hours Samantha has spent at the ballpark!

I’m not sure who was more excited – me or Samantha! 🙂

Love my dancer!!

Recital time!! Off we go…

to the Alabama Theater!!

The day only got better when Mrs. Susan showed up!! Hooray!! We loved having our favorite cheerleader there!

Maxwell even found a buddy to sit with…

This little group of giggling Glendas sure were having fun waiting for their turn to go backstage before the show started…

Pretty soon, it was showtime!! More pics tomorrow!

Samantha moved to a new dance studio this year and has been taking ballet, tap, jazz and hip hop! She’s been with several of her friends and has really enjoyed it. I haven’t been able to see anything because parents haven’t been allowed inside due to covid policies. Needless to say, I was really excited for the recital to see what all she learned. She was pretty darn excited too because she had four dances with four costume changes!! All of their costumes were Wizard of Oz themed. I present to you….

Glenda the Good Witch for ballet…

The Emerald City for jazz….

The Flying Monkeys for hip hop….

and the Tin Man for tap!

She thought it was better without that silly hat! ha!

Does not get cuter than that!! These pictures were from our own personal “dress rehearsal” that we did at home a few days before the big event. She had to do all of her costume changes by herself backstage during the recital so we wanted to be prepared. Plenty of pics from the recital coming tomorrow!!