the Momma Drama

Friday, September 7, 2012

Orange Belt Boy!

Alex earned all 8 stripes on his yellow belt and was ready for his big test last week! They let the parents come in to get video of the entire test. Ella was with me in the studio (you can her her talking to me once or twice) and Troy was in the waiting area with Max. (also able to watch through the mirrored windows)

We were so proud to watch him and he was so excited!!! We have our first orange belt in the house!!!!

Thursday, September 6, 2012

Troy's 40th (beef and bourbon)

We celebrated Troy's 40th a week early... so we could pair up with Tom (also turning 40) and invite the Minnesota down for the celebration. They wanted steaks and bourbon.. so we went with several couples to Marker's Mark in the Power & Light District.

It was a great night with friends and fun and no kids! I think Troy enjoyed it, and hopefully it made up for the fact that we were traveling with my family on his actual birthday.

Here are the couples who helped us celebrate that night!

Happy Birthday Baby! and welcome to life after 40!

Monday, August 20, 2012

Bieber Fever for Ella's birthday

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!

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.

Splits to the middle

Splits to the left....

and splits to the right. (Splits 3 ways!)

Practicing her candy hold

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!!!