Sunday, March 25, 2012

Our Sweet Firefly

Mason-Kate is our little ballerina. She loves to dance and twirl and twirl and dance some more. She began ballet at the age of 2 and hasn't missed a beat. We are so thankful for the ballet school that she attends. It is professional yet basic. Every year the school "recital" is a ballet that everyone participates in called The Roar of Love. Based on The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, we love traveling to Narnia with our girl!
Two years ago, MK participated in the Roar as a Cherub. She was a bit nervous due to Aslan's presence on the stage. Wow, how times have changed. Not only was Aslan on stage this time, but MK had to proceed around him closely. And she wasn't scared one.little.bit.
Of course there is a dressing room for the stars of the show. I caught this shot of MK as she colored - love how she is prepping her feet for the tip-toe walk onstage!
And here she is....tip-toeing and smiles all the way!
Because she looked as if she knew exactly what to do and when to do it, I asked her, "MK, how do you know when to do your part? Do you listen to the music for your cue or do you just follow everyone?" Her response, "Well, my teacher, Ms. Rachel, told us what to do and then we knew what to do cause they told us we had to, that's it."
And so she followed her instructors and didn't miss even a beat....
I wish I knew what their attention was diverted to....I was too busy taking pictures to notice anything besides MK on stage :)
Our little Firefly - so sweet.
The fanfare was waiting outside with flowers and gifts and hugs aplenty....
We were so glad to have all four grandparents in attendance. The boys enjoyed the show too. It helps that the story is familiar to them AND that they know several of the girls in the production. And they were thrilled to see several other "brothers," who are also friends, in the audience as well.
Can't believe our little ballerina is growing up so quickly. Just two years ago she was screaming, "Mommy! Mommy!" as the show's curtain call was taking place. At the age of 5, she showed no fear and seemed to just take it all in stride. Life's a dance in her world!

1 comment:

Ellen and Kevin Fay said...

Oh my, what great pictures. What a blast!!