A Successful Dance Recital

Well we made it through the big dance recital! Check out the picture - Erin is the one waving!! Biases aside, I have to admit Erin did really well! We arrived at BCI just before noon on Saturday, and I dropped her off with her dance instructor who whisked her away to get dressed. We waited for everyone to arrive (unfortunately Aunt Elaine couldn't make it - we'll call to tell you all about it soon!!) and took our seats. Erin's class were the 26th act out of 70 or so performances for the day! I was a little surprised that they would make the little ones wait so long before going on, but I guess they have done this before, so who am I to judge? About two hours after dropping her off, Erin made her stage debut! Dressed in a Minnie Mouse-like outfit and dancing to "Livin' La Vida Mickey" (I'm not sure Ricky Martin would like the words to his song changed or not!), she and her little dance troop took to the stage, following their proud dance instructor! They were all pretty funny to be quite honest! I couldn't believe how serious Erin was in paying attention to doing everything the instructor was telling them to do!! I was laughing through a cloud of tears (yeah, I know everyone tells me I'm too emotional - having Erin has just quadrupled that factor for me!!) and just really enjoyed how much fun all of the kids seemed to be having. There was an intermission break about fifteen minutes after Erin left the stage, so Emily (Erin's wonderful cousin and favorite regular babysitter) and I went back stage to pick her up. Erin was just exhausted, but perked up as Emily gave her a chocolate rose care of Aunt Eleanor who also came to cheer her on! I think that rose was eaten in less than two minutes! We brought Erin out to greet her adoring fans and decided to leave at that point.

I thought for sure Erin would fall asleep as soon as we put her in the car, but as usual, I was wrong about that! We stopped at Erin's favorite restaurant "Old McDonald's" - the farm thing carries Erin through a lot of different descriptors in life - and headed home. Her North Bay grandpa hit the road too after a good visit.

We were checking in on Minnie to find that she has scraped one of the little de-horned caps off and hence we are now making sure the cut doesn't get infected. My goodness, who would have ever thought goats were so much to look after! She doesn't appear to be any worse for wear though.

I have just been puttering around this morning as I have Emily here to look after Erin. They are playing outside right now, so it's nice and quiet for me right now! Our neighbor Richinda is bringing over her two little girls Emma and Erika to play this afternoon so Erin should be good and tired by the time bedtime rolls around tonight!

Anyway, that's it for today. Be sure to check back tomorrow for my own big news!