Fairy Dancer

 Last weekend Kendra had her final dance recital of the season.  The theme for the recital this year was "These are a few of my Favorite Things" and the favourite thing for this class was fairies!  This made Kendra very happy!!

Group photo of all the little fairies!

 They did a beautiful job dancing their dance.  It was very pretty fairy-like music and the girls all danced very gracefully and were full of smiles!  It as a wonderful recital showcasing many different forms of dance, from 3-4 year old ballet, to Jazz, to Hip Hop to Worship dance.

My beautiful fairy!

Kendra loved her dance classes this year.  She attends Everybody Dance Now Studios - an excellent dance studio that teaches kids the basics of dance and instills in them a love for dance but also helps them to realize their uniqueness and an appreciation for who God made them to be. 

Wise men and sailors

This past week was full of Christmas activities and programs for the kids.  These were two of the favourites from the week.  First, Kindergarten was not part of the whole school musical that ACS put on last week, (which was amazing!)  So, the Kindergaren class put on their own little Christmas program in their classroom.  Each child had a part in the story and a little 'verse' that they recited.  They did a wonderful job telling the Christmas story and singing their songs for us!

Owen was one of the 3 wise men.  Doesn't he look wise!! :)

Kendra also had several different Christmas activities in the last little while but her dance recital was a highlight for her.   She attends Everybody Dance Now studios and is in a Ballet/Jazz class.  This is a little quicker than the straight ballet class from last year, which suits her just fine!  The theme of the recital was 'Tropical Christmas'.  Her class of dancers were all dressed up like little sailors.  They looked pretty cute!

Our 'sailor' did a fantastic job dancing!  We were very proud of her!

My little ballerina!

On Monday night, Kendra had her final dance recital.  This was done by the Everbody Dance Now Studio and the whole recital was based around the book "You are Special" by Max Lucado.  It was a beautiful night with all the dancers sharing just how precious and beautiful God, their creator, made each of them to be! Kendra was very excited to finally be able to show us the dance that she had been practicing for so many Monday afternoons.  She was very confident on stage and didn't miss a beat!  We were very proud of her! 

It is always hard to get good pictures when the stage is lit up and the little people are moving so these will have to do!!

Our little dancing cow!

Last night Kendra had her very first dance recital. It was entitled "A Nativity Story" and it was put on by "Everybody Dance Now" studios. The evening was made up of all the different dance classes that the studio runs and obviously Kendra's class represented the cows in the story. The run all different types of classes from pre-ballet to hip-hop for worship classes. It was SO cute to see all those little dancers! I've seen other little dancers before but when it is your own little girl doing her very best and concentrating so hard to remember her steps, - - well, we were very proud of our little dancing cow! Here is Kendra, all ready to go on stage!

Kendra goes to the dance class with her neighbor friend and they were thrilled that they got to dance right beside each other!

We did take a video of the dance but I can't get it to load so the pictures will have to do!

Lots of pink!

Yesterday, Kendra put on the pink tights, the pink body suit and the pink ballet slippers and went to her first dance class. She was SO excited to see the other girls all in pink as well! It is a once a week pre-ballet class for 5-6 year olds. She is going to a place called EverybodyDanceNow Studio. It was started by a few ladies out of their love for God and their love for dance and desire to join the two together.

She came home showing us her first position and second position stance. She looked pretty cute!!