This morning we turned Catherine into a princess for her first dance performance. As we were driving to the downtown square she asked, "Why are we not at my class?" She thought everyone was going to watch her at the dance studio in her classroom. The stage set up in the downtown square with lots of people was not what she had in mind!
Catherine with her dance teachers before the show. They tried to get her to smile but she was not a happy princess.
It was time to go back stage and get ready. She did not want a red Rudolph nose and was not interested in going on that stage in front of all those people.
I was able to calm her down and took this picture as I walked away. She was giving me the "how can you do this to me" look!
Then Cousin Drew came back stage and told Catherine she was excited to see her dance. Look....a smile!! Cousin Drew saved the day!
Catherine showed Cousin Drew ALL her dance moves! She did awesome! At the end as the girls were exiting the stage, Catherine stayed to enjoy all of us cheering for her.
She got beautiful flowers from daddy after the show. Eric told her that dancers get flowers after a good performance. She said, "Daddy I don't want flowers. I want a tree".
We enjoyed the downtown square Christmas Festival after the show. Uncle Andrew celebrated with her on the merry-go-round.
Papa celebrated by taking them on the Christmas train. He wished he had known she wanted a tree!
