dance recital...

The first weekend in June was a flurry of activity in our house!  Clara had a dance recital and her ballet final presentation and Alex had two days of shows for School of Rock.  Here are some the dance recital photos (Alex's photos to follow... I totally forgot my camera in the car for the ballet presentation).

For the look they wanted for the tap portion of the recital, Clara needed long hair.  Here she is with her hair extensions in...

 Their first song was "Heartbreaker" by Pat Benatar...

The long hair was pretty fun to flip around (but on a couple of occasions she got a little caught in it!)...

 And finally, tap to "Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy"...

It's funny how small Chicago can be sometimes!  One of the girls in her dance classes is homeschooled.  I had seen her mom's name through the homeschooling email loops for years, but we had never met.  Now, we no longer homeschool, but we crossed paths at this random small dance class!  Over the course of the year, Clara and the girl have become really good friends and enjoy swim-dates and sleepovers!  It's just funny that we had the chance to meet years ago, but it just actually happened this year.  There were two other moms from the class (and there were only four girls total in the original class) that I also had connections to as well!  One through scrapbooking and another who works with the children's choir director at church!  It's always fun to connect the dots!  Chicago can be such a small town... I actually really enjoy that!