Olivia's Ballet Recital and More

Last night we attended Olivia's ballet recital. She has been in ballet for 2 years now, and has really come a long way in her skills. We still do not know if she is going to continue in dance or not. Some days she is begging to quit and begin karate (she thinks it will be like "Kung Fu Panda"), and other days she loves dance and wants to continue. This year was a non-costume year for the recital (odd years are costumed, even years are not at this dance studio), meaning that the dancers performed in their standard leotards. While I understand why the instructor does this (not having to spend $40 for a 75 second performance) I really missed the costumes!

Olivia demonstrating her dance moves.

Beautiful girl. While it makes me cringe to see her in make up at such a young age, she really does look beautiful and so grown up!

Olivia and good friend Abby. We carpooled to dance class with Abby's family this year, and the two of them became good friends (albeit their energy levels doubled when they are together!).

Olivia performing on stage. She is in the front row, second from left. She did a great job knowing her moves and staying on tempo. However, at the end of the performance we could see her frantically scanning the crowd looking for us and looking sad that she couldn't find us. It was a very crowded theater!

Ethan and Olivia with grandma and grandpa post-performance.

Yesterday, Olivia also had her Sports Day at school to celebrate the end of the year (last day of kindergarten is June 1!). Here is Olivia (and Ethan) with classmates Sarah, Abbey, and Marina. I have begun to explain to Olivia that some of her classmates will be in different classes next school year, and she is not happy about that! I just keep stressing that she'll get to keep her current friends AND make new ones!

I was assigned a group of 4 kids to chaperone for the Sports Day. The first activity they selected was the bounce house. The Sports Day was really fun (albeit warm!) with about 14 different activities to complete, ending with popsicles for all.

Audrey, Olivia, Will, and Seth showing off their face painting (flowers for the girls and snakes for the boys). This was a good group of kids who did a great job taking turns selecting activities and working together.

Shooting some hoops.

And, finally, the tooth fairy has become very familiar with our house lately. On May 10, Olivia lost her first tooth (bottom front right), and then on Wednesday night Joe brushed the bottom left tooth out! She had some residual lipstick (from her dance dress rehearsal) on her tooth, and when Joe attempted to brush it off, the tooth came out! She already has her new teeth starting to push through her gums. (this is not the best picture of Olivia due to her make up starting to smear on her face)