We certainly surprised her! We've been holding onto these tickets for almost 2 months now. Ella had no idea we were able to get them. Anytime she saw the concert advertised, she would BEG Troy to try to get tickets and he'd say "honey, they're all sold out."
Well tonight, after a LONG wait for me, we finally gave her the gift... disguised in her birthday gift from us. She knew she was only getting one package to open from us, and you can see the disappointment on her face. She was really hoping for a wedding Barbie and Ken...
The concert isn't until October... so more waiting. But a friend gave her the new CD at her party this weekend, so she's already learning all the words to sing along! We are going with 3 other dance girls and their moms... the girls have been finding out one by one. We'll have dinner together in a few weeks to tell them ALL at once that we're going together! Can't wait for that!
Monday, August 20, 2012
Thursday, August 16, 2012
Auditions week
Last week was just plain crazy! Ella wanted to audition for the dance company, and Miss Jessica told us she was ready. She's spent the summer working on technique and practicing. Last week they had intensives everyday, and worked on the routine for auditions. She dance Monday morning, Tuesday morning, Wednesday night, Thursday morning and evening and Friday morning and evening... auditions were Saturday morning.
The song is "Kansas City" and this video is her group practicing about mid-week, so they got even better before auditions Saturday morning. It's short, but REALLY fast and packed with lots of stuff!
She was pretty intense, especially since they were practicing and doing the same routine as the girls who were 8 year olds. She puts a lot of pressure on herself! They audition all the girls 12 and under at the same time, so I think she was pretty intimidated, but she did a great job. She remembered the routine, her across the floor kicks and leaps and technique looked great!!!! I took a few photos while they were stretching in the purple studio. Auditions were in the blue studio and parents had to wait outside.
More than an hour later, she was done and about 5 that evening, the list was posted. Ella made it! She's in company 1, which is the 6-8 year olds. She was thrilled and had to call the grandparents, and all her friends who also made company. She was on the phone for about an hour straight. We're so proud of how hard she has worked for this... and a little intimidated as well, about the time and costs that lie ahead! Our first company meeting is this Sunday and we'll find out which dances she's in, when the competitions take place, etc... We know we're going to Nationals in Branson! Glad it's close to home this first year!
The song is "Kansas City" and this video is her group practicing about mid-week, so they got even better before auditions Saturday morning. It's short, but REALLY fast and packed with lots of stuff!
She was pretty intense, especially since they were practicing and doing the same routine as the girls who were 8 year olds. She puts a lot of pressure on herself! They audition all the girls 12 and under at the same time, so I think she was pretty intimidated, but she did a great job. She remembered the routine, her across the floor kicks and leaps and technique looked great!!!! I took a few photos while they were stretching in the purple studio. Auditions were in the blue studio and parents had to wait outside.
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| Splits to the middle |
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| Splits to the left.... |
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| and splits to the right. (Splits 3 ways!) |
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| Practicing her candy hold |
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| Pretty much DONE with me taking photos and this point! |
More than an hour later, she was done and about 5 that evening, the list was posted. Ella made it! She's in company 1, which is the 6-8 year olds. She was thrilled and had to call the grandparents, and all her friends who also made company. She was on the phone for about an hour straight. We're so proud of how hard she has worked for this... and a little intimidated as well, about the time and costs that lie ahead! Our first company meeting is this Sunday and we'll find out which dances she's in, when the competitions take place, etc... We know we're going to Nationals in Branson! Glad it's close to home this first year!
School Daze!!!
How did this happen so quickly??? I guess because the last week of summer was spent dancing and dancing and dancing... more on that in my next post. Both Ella and Alex started back to school this week! Ella is a 2nd grader, Alex surprised us this summer and was suddenly ready for kindergarten! Just a few photos of the amazing first days. (Ella on Wednesday and Alex on Thursday) They are growing up so quickly!!!
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| Ready for school! 1st day of 2nd grade! |
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| Ella and Sanaya waiting for the bell |
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| Wonderful new teacher, Mrs. Simpson! |
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| Already busy searching for supplies in her school box |
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| Ready for Alex's 1st day of kindergarten! (Somebody is watching out the window) |
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| LOVE THIS ONE!!! (especially Max giving them the stink eye!) |
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| The wanted a hugging picture... who could refuse that?! |
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| He went right in and hung up his backpack on the hook with his name. |
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| Found his desk and his name tag... |
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| Almost forgot this one! He was quite proud of the new MONSTER backpack! |
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