Last day of dance

Gillian had her last dance class of the season yesterday. Mummi came to see it and we were treated to a close up show of her recital pieces.

clearly he's thrilled to be here.....he transferred from sleeping in the van 

warming up

one of her favorite parts of class

she was having a wee bit of trouble finding 5th position.

leaping lily

Miss Maria lining them up for their tap number

the sound of sunshine. and the look of it as well

one of her favorite parts of the dance

end of the year party treats!

did I miss anything?

Dance recital day!

The big day! Grammie and grampa came to see the recital.

grammie brought flowers from her garden!

lovely girl

staging area, waiting their turn to dance

she's waayy down there on the left ;)

Flowers Bruce picked out for her 

back home after a job well done!

Dance recital!

The rehersal: I got to be up close to take pictures on rehersal day!

the brothers faithfully cheered from the audience 

We took some posed pictures outside, these are SOME of my favorites, ha ha

being silly

dancer pose

lovely

arabesque!

Lily Party!

Gillian's friends from dance class came over last tuesday for a lovely birthday party! I didn;t ask to post pictures of the other little girls faces, so I'll only post a few pictures, it was a lot of fun though!

Butterfly cupcakes

the place settings

lots of decorating went on that morning

presents

it was quite a rukus, dancers, bunches of little brothers and loads of fun!

Lily turns 5!

Gillian tunred 5! On her birthday actual, we had her pancake supper and gave her some gifts

a wand!

help from the little brothers

Rahel, a heart to heart doll. Rahel is a girl from Ethiopia 

sunglasses!