Recital- Cirque de Soleil by Dance Connection 2

Tatum started dancing in August and this weekend it was finally time for her very first dance recital.  Tatum and her dance friends have been working super hard with Mrs. Peggy the past few months on their dance Yellow Polka Dot Bikini.  The weekend was so much fun and we are so proud of our dancing girl.

Last weekend was recital pictures.  We were a bit rushed and ran into the studio just in the nic of time because the photographer was running way ahead of schedule.  Luckily being rushed didn't affect Tatum at all and she smiled bright and looked so cute!!

Tatum's Dance Class

Recital Picture - Yellow Polka Dot Bikini

Thursday was dress rehearsal out at Queen Creek Performing Arts Center.  I had been telling Tatum for a while that she would get to wear special lipstick for recital, so I went out and got her a red and a hot pink lipstick to choose from and she was very excited about that!!  Dress rehearsal was crazy.  There was so many students and so much going on!!  I was anxious to see how Tatum would do on stage.  When we first walked into the auditorium Tatum had a bit of a mini freak out because of the noise.  That made me a bit nervous that she wouldn't like the noise when she was dancing.  So we had a little chat about the music being loud and how it would be fine and we crossed our fingers hoping the noise wouldn't be too much for her.  The girls walked out on stage and they did their dance and my goodness we were so super proud of our big girl.  She did so awesome at dress rehearsal, we couldn't wait for the big show!!

All ready for dress rehearsal

Dancing time

1,2,3,4...

Checking out the lights

So fun!!

Toe tapping

Shake that booty

Tell the people what she wore.....

Ta Da

Saturday morning was RECITAL DAY!!  We all woke up so excited for Tatum's big day.  Tatum woke up in a great mood ready to take on that stage.  Tatum had so much of our family come out and support her for recital.  Recital was at 11am and the girls were the fourth number to go on.  As soon as Tatum took the stage I got all teary eyed and enjoyed every single second of watching her dance.  All of the girls looked like they were absolutely loving being up on stage and soaking up their star moments.  All of the performers came back on stage for the finale and they all had balloons and glow necklaces.  Tatum thought that was just so great.  I went back and got her after the show and she was just so full of happiness it was so awesome for us to see!!

Beautiful Girl

Ready for Recital

Mommy and Tatum before the show.

Tatum and McKenna

Tatum after the show, she was AMAZING

Tatum and Mrs. Peggy - such a perfect teacher!!

So many flowers

Our little dancer!!

After recital we all went to Tatum's favorite place to eat, Chick Fila.  It was fun all of us being there talking about recital and how proud we all were of Tatum!!

Gramma and Tatum

Nana and Tatum

Aunt Lindsey and Tatum

Tatum and Grampa

Camdyn playing

Tatum on the slide.

I am so happy that Tatum loved her first year of dance and her first recital.  Hopefully she will continue to love it and want to dance forever!!  We are so very thankful that Tatum had Mrs. Peggy as her teacher.  She truly is a wonderful teacher and such a perfect fit with the girls.  We are a little sad that Mrs. Peggy won't be Tatum's teacher next year but Ms. Lisa will be fun too!!  Dance Connection 2 is an amazing studio, my Mom and I went back Saturday night to watch the company show and it was absolutely breathtaking.  The choreography was out of this world and the company is just so incredibly amazing to watch.  I got goosebumps so many times while watching the company members, I feel so lucky that our girls are surrounded by so much fantastic talent!!  I really hope our girls love dance and want to continue growing and performing.

So proud of Tatum!!!!

Nap time!!