3 guesses what he ran in to buy.
When I opened it this morning I was presented with these 3 gift options:
A) a house [which we are closing on the 24th]
B] cross country skis [I got those in January, seriously, when he said that they were for Mother's Day in the store I did not think he meant it]
C) $379 worth of stitches for our cat. I guess since that came this week after Little Kitty got munched by something and had 3 open wounds on her belly, one the size of a quarter and I could see her insides [oh and we think it was the WT neighbors' pitbull but we have no proof], I can claim this one as my mother's day gift.
But Olivia had her pre-school dance recital on Saturday in front of about 100 people since we joined up with another dance studio. One of the teachers had her-not-quite-2-year-old daughter on stage "performing" with the group. She is a cute girl and looked darling in the tutu costumes all the other kids were wearing. However every time the toddler did something cute, like go to her mom who was leading the dance and getting out of line and wandering on the stage, the audience laughed.
We spent the rest of the afternoon trying to explain to Olivia that they were not laughing at her but they were laughing at the little girl since she was cute. Try explaining that to a 4 year old who vigorously clapped after each previous performance and also told me that no one else got laughed at.
I know sweetheart, but no one else had a baby on stage with them. You were beautiful and I know it was scary to go on that big stage with all those people, and I know it scared you when everyone laughed and you thought you were messing up, but I am proud of you and no one was laughing at you.
Ugh.
Oh well. We bought her a flower and all was well. She did look cute and she enjoyed the other dancers and especially liked the big girls in their point shoes. She has been in a regular ballet class out side of pre school for 2 years now and can't wait to get her point shoes. They talked about point shoes in ballet once and now whenever she sees someone on their toes she tells me that when she gets her point shoes she will be big enough to do that some day.
Her real ballet class recital is in 2 weeks. Hopefully I can figure out how to get video off my new camera then. But I wouldn't bet on it.
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8 comments:
Please tell Olivia that your friend in Tennessee thinks she looks very grown up and extremely elegant, and I would never laugh at that kind of obvious dance talent!! So cute.
I just have to say, your moose count on the side always makes me smile too :)
Happy belated Mother's DAy!!
She is so cute! I miss her talking and telling me what baby Brooke is saying :) Wasn't that kind of unprofessional to allow your daughter to come up on stage and overshadow the girls for whom the night was really about? Ditto: UGH
Okay, so can you politely give some feedback to the teacher about how upset Olivia was after the performance? When you are paying them for lessons, it only seem appropriate that the performance is about the class, not the miscellaneous children of the teachers stealing the show. I would hope that they would care enough about Olivia and her perception of the performance to make changes for the next performance.
She does look beautiful though! So fun to have a little girl in dance ;)
And even though you say "this counts as (insert upcoming holiday) gift".....it never really does. I use that one all the time :)
Oh, the poor kitty! Truly cringeworthy. Hope the kitty, and your budget, recover soon!
Olivia looks so cute! I love her little pose (I don't know anything about ballet). I agree with your friend TyandKolbi about the teacher's daughter. That would bother me.
Your poor cat! :( I hope she has a complete recovery!
Oh Olivia looks so cute! She's growing up fast! Marin's recital is next week, it should be interesting... What's this about your house? I'm confused. I hope you had a nice Mother's Day and that you truly appreciate your cat's stitches. What a nice present. I hope you can post a video of Livvy's ballet recital, I'd love to see it!
I agree with Courtney. Olivia looks lovely. So you're closing on a house?
Boy, what a great Mother's Day selection. But I have a few ?s:
1) What did he get in Wal-mart?
2) I thought you owned the home you are in?
3) Did you snarl or act bewildered with the lack of decent giftery?
Also, too I loved that Neinei video. So inspiring.
Also, too, too what does moose poo look like? Big cow patties? And what do you do with it?
Ok, that's all my ?s for now. Have your peeps call mine.
the end.
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