Well, we made it through. This was dance recital weekend and we were busy. It started Friday with dress rehearsal. Now anyone whose done this before knows that a couple of hundred girls running around with parents in tow getting dressed in costumes and all excited is major chaos, and then some. I don't know how the dance teachers do it, but they do.
My daughter took her first year of dance this year and loved it. She is taking after her Mommy. After I got her ready she was very excited. We arrived at the civic center and went in to join in on the controled chaos. She was doing great. Every little girl loves to get dressed up and wear make-up. Okay, most little girls, okay. I know they all don't. Mine does.
We were sitting in some auditorium seats along with some of her classmates when suddenly she freaked out. She started crying and screaming; she wanted to leave. This is when it hit Mommy. I didn't give her the ADHD meds. Oh, crap. She's overwhelmed and I can't calm her down. Caffeine. YES. Run for the concession stand. Thank heavens, it was open. I took her into a quiet room and have her drink a soda. This helped alot. After much convincing I was able to take her backstage in time. She did not want to let me go. I knew she would pitch a fit and refuse to go on. When I saw her teacher I started hand signaling her about it. You learn this stuff when you do enough stage work. She came over and sent me away. Yahoo! Let them handle it. Sigh.
I went to the auditorium to watch, all the while hoping that she would be okay. Then I see her class come out and one of the teachers is carrying a child. NOOO. Yep, it was mine. refusing to dance. She watched from the sidelines.
The next day she took her meds and was just peachy about going out in front of everybody. She did it.
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What adorable little munchkins. I've been to soooo many recitals like that.
Awww... too cute! But, um, which one's Noodle?
She's the third from the left.
Lol ... I should've been able to pick her out 'cuz she's the only one that did the whole routine!!! She got that from YOU!
Rhiannon did one year and one recital, and quit. She loved watching the recitals, but both my younger ones hatehatehate the idea of being on stage in front of people, even in class PTA presentations and stuff. I don't know WHERE they get that. They'll jump up there and ham it up when Mommy and Daddy are doing stuff, but choke at the idea of actually planning it for themselves.
I'm not sure they're mine.
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