Dance Recital

Last Friday evening, Bella had her first dance recital.  She was so excited on the way there to dance.  I knew that wouldn't last long.  When we walk into the high school gymnasium, she had a bit of a melt down.  She was very unsure of all the people there to watch and didn't want me to leave her with her friends.  Luckily, she has an amazing dance teacher, whom Bella adores, so she came over and took her from me.  She walked around with her, distracting her enough to forget about the fact that mommy went to sit somewhere else.  When they got out on the floor to dance, Bella just stood there scratching her mosquito bites.  It was cute just to see the look on her face.  Toward the end of the dance though, she started to participate and even did the tumbling part they do.  I wasn't disappointed though.  I was actually very proud of her for staying out there and not running to me when she found us in the audience.  She doesn't do too well when it comes to change.  Here are the pictures we captured of the moment.  My sister also took a video so if I can get it to upload, I will so you can all enjoy how adorable she was.

Bella is going to participate in the summer session of dance too.  This only last 6 weeks though, but she loves it so she won't mind.  She should start learning some tap during this session, which I scored her a pair of tap shoes at Goodwill for $3.00.  I was so excited about it since her feet grow so fast, plus it beats paying $25.00 for a pair at Payless.  I love a good bargain!  All I can say is that Bella misses dance already and will be happy when it starts up again in a couple weeks!