We were all ready to see our star shining up on stage! Ballet was up first with Chinese Flower…

My beautiful ballerina! Up next we had jazz with Hawaiian Roller Coaster Ride…

Samantha’s favorite was next – hip hop! It was a fun dance to Mi Gente…

Look at that smile up front!

Finally, my favorite – tap! Paris in the Rain with the cutest sparkly costume ever!!

The show had some technical glitches and I can’t way all the dancers knew their dances very well. But, smiley Samantha knew what she was doing up there and stole the show! We love our dancing star!!

I sure do love to watch my girl shine!

Dancing superstar!

Samantha’s dance recital was last week and she was a star on the stage!! Just like last year, I had the bun high and tight!

She was ready to go in her first costume and looked pretty as could be!

We were so happy GJ could be here this year to watch her perform.

Off we went to the Alabama Theater!

Of course Susan was already there waiting at the front of the line for us! We love Mrs. Susan!!

These cute tiny dancers were ready to hit the stage!

More to come tomorrow!

I realize we’ve already talked about the dance recital…but it was so good we need to talk about it a little more! I had made these side by side pics for Instagram and never shared them here so…here you go! Dress rehearsal at home and up on stage! Cute all around!

Love my dancer!

It was finally time for Samantha to take the stage and we couldn’t wait to see our star!! Ballet was first and, after a slight panic finding her dot, she was all smiles and performed so well!

She started each routine in the center on the back row before moving to front and center for the second half of the routine!

I was really impressed with how well all of the girls knew their dances. Well, I guess the other girls knew the dance…my eyes were on Samantha only! I couldn’t look away – she just smiled and shined like the star she is! Up next was Jazz in the Emerald City! Samantha was sure everyone was in their correct spot before the dance started!! Someone has to take control!

But then she was ready to shimmy and shake!

Love it! We then had an awesome Flying Monkey hip-hop performance to the song Dance Monkey. It was SOOO cute!

On the floor for coffee grinders!

It was then time for tapping with the Tin Man!! Shuffle step and super cute!!

Samantha really was a star up on that stage! Her smile and presence were on point! I could to contain my joy seeing my little girl on stage…I might have even shed a tear or two while having the biggest smile plastered on my face!! Seeing my perfect little, smiley girl dance in all these fun costumes is just really the biggest dream come true for me. Robert said he hadn’t seen me that happy since the day she was born! ha! It was a fantastic night!

I am so so proud of my dancer and I loved watching her shine on stage!!

Great job, Samantha!!

Full videos here if you want to watch – ballet, jazz, hip hop, tap

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!