In January, Alayna started with the Steps Of Grace ballet program. She had been BEGGING to do ballet and this is the program a few of our friends were doing and they said nothing but good things - so we gave it a whirl! We got the specific pink tutu, the exactly right pink tights and were fitted for the perfect ballet slipper. Each week we wore those things to class and had her hair in the required bun. OY! I'm not sure I was cut out for that! :) Many Thursdays held a lot of "interesting" mother/daughter moments. Didn't seem to matter if she took a nap or didn't take a nap...getting dressed and hair done for ballet included LOTS of sassiness, drama and craziness 90% of the time. A few weeks ago, her teacher told them there was going to be a ballet demonstration where they got to perform on stage. Alayna COULD NOT WAIT! She was so excited! She'd constantly ask..."how many days til my demonstration?" A few days before she even asked if she could make phone calls to remind Grandmas and Grandpas they were supposed to come! :)
She did a GREAT job! We were very proud of her! It was SO nice Grandma and Grandpa and Grandma and Papa were able to come see! Thank you for coming!
Practice on Thursday night. Alayna in the middle and her friend Taylor on the left.
Aren't they adorable little ballerinas?
Performance night - whole class
Performing!
So proud!
Not sure if ballet is in her future though. Now she is BEGGING to try figure skating! She may hit this ice next fall! :)
Side story (so I don't forget this):
We had to send in pictures of the girls with their daddy's for a surprise during the demonstration - it was a surprise for the girls and the dads. I picked one from last summer - at the lake. Alayna and Brian were fishing. Anyway - we were had just stepped out of the show b/c we had a sitter for Landon and it was getting late when we heard the song "Cinderella" by Steven Curtis Chapman. This song is about a Daddy taking time to dance with his daughter at every stage in her life because "soon she'll be gone" (aka - all grown up). SO - when this song first came out I would think about how Brian and Briana would never get to do this (until Heaven of course) and I would ball. I've gotten past that for the most part since the song has been out for a while now - BUT - this little situation just brought it all back and made me a little teary (didn't ball - just teary) :) So that is part one...it set the stage...
We then go to the car and get ready to head to ice cream as a reward for Alayna doing such a great job. We pull out of the church parking lot and the song "I Can Only Imagine" comes on the radio. We had this song in Briana's funeral and it always brings back some memories! Brian and I looked at eachother and I said "do you really think it is a coincidence this song is on right now?" I then told Alayna and Grant the song was special to us because it was a song that reminded us of Briana. One of them commented on how it made them a little sad and we told them that was ok...then Grant said "I almost feel like I'm gonna cry". We just found the whole conversation a little amazing!
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