Gabrielle's Dance Recital

I was so very proud of Gabrielle tonight. She has been taking Jazz at Georgia Dance Conservatory and it has been quite a struggle to say the least. She was sure at the beginning of the school year that she definitely wanted to go back to dance. I hesitated, thinking of the many fights we had trying to get her to class in the past, but she continued to push for it, so, I gave her another chance. Sure enough, she started to complain. I am sure none of any of your children have ever done this. Right? It is just my luck. Me, being a dancer myself, thought for sure my daughters would be head over heels for dance too! Anyway, to make a VERY long story short, ( I just realized going through all this will take quite a bit of time and probably too much information for you,) here are just some bullet points:
--I had to let her know, she was not quitting, after she had begged to take.
--I had to talk to her teacher about the dress code, so that Gabrielle would continue.
--I had to check into other dance schools, including taking her to other classes to determine if we could find a class she liked at a studio closer, (since I had moved the little girls to a closer studio, in order to make it to Activity Days and Mutual on time on Wed. nights.)
--Then after deciding to come back to GDC, ( for Gabrielle only), I had to complain to the front desk AND the owner, that the teacher was "slacking off", and just hangin' out, socializing with the students. ( It all cleared up and improved tremendously!)
--When the recital costume came in, I had to find a way to help her to like it and feel comfortable in it. ( She almost didn't go to dress rehearsal.)
After all this and more, Gabrielle did beautifully in the recital, was a great little performer, and was very happy(YEAH!!!!) AND, wants to do it again next year. Oh my!


Doesn't she look beautiful?
Gabrielle and her sweet cousin Annelise, lucked out and got their recital performances on the same night. :)
We all came, of course, Randy's parents, Aunt Lauri, cousins Kirsten and Alyssa, and Uncle Robert, Aunt Sharon, baby Emmaline, and Annelise's two friends.