Made it through Thursday!!

I have never been so glad to see Friday.  Mostly because Thursday was so incredibly crazy.   Yesterday was a fine balance of getting kids the places they needed to be, picking one up early, having my in-laws pick up the other and then getting downtown to spend 4+ hours at TPAC while they ran the dress rehearsal for Gracie's recital.  

Thankfully everyone survived! 

The dress rehearsal went very well.   I thought it ran much smoother than last year and we even got out a little early.  Gracie happily collected another trophy and a certificate for perfect attendance.   She did great in her two routines and is in the front row for both (next to Alex, of course!).    They have the moves down pat--which may be how they scored those places, although there are girls in the back who are awesome, too.    Thankfully, we had no costume or hair issues.   She was pleased as punch that they tracked down a red/orange mass of curls for her hair (color name--SALSA!) and wore it with no complaints.

This is a huge improvement from last year.   It was the wrong color (she repeatedly called it "that brown thing"),  which somehow made it hurt more to put it in.   In short, she didn't want to wear it . . .and made sure everyone knew it.  Then for good measure, she tossed it in the donation pile for Goodwill after the recital.   Not sure how that was received at the collection center, but she was glad to see it go. 

As much as I complained about the faux hair last year, it does look awfully cute from the audience.     Of course, last year I wasn't in the audience.  It was  a "Mommy and me" dance.   This year there is a "Daddy and me" dance.  Bassam should thank his lucky stars we weren't in that class!

I brought a big quilt and a box of those little princess dolls you dress and snap-on dolls which kept my daughter and most of her class occupied in the dressing room while they were waiting (and clean--backstage floors very dirty).  

Since it was dress rehearsal, I was able to sit up close and record the routines and take some pictures.  They actually don't allow photographs or video during the actual recital, so it was good to get that out of the way yesterday.

Looking forward to Saturday and seeing the performance.   But will be equally glad to see the week over and done.