the dance rehearsal that would be our final recital

This morning was Aliza's final dance rehearsal. Since the recital is tomorrow (during church) today was it for us. Aliza had loved dancing for the Dance Arts Center, but it is a love-hate relationship for her. She loves music, and she loves dancing and singing, but going to a dance class, not so much. Towards the end, I was having to get her there by saying, just 2 more times...The studio and the teachers were great, dancing just isn't Aliza's favorite thing! And that's ok, cuz softball shorts are easier to get on than dance tights! And little girls in red lipstick, well, you know. Here is Aliza without red lipstick!

We curled here hair with Suave hairspray and my curling iron. It worked better than the sponge curlers from Christmas and turned out better.
Here is Aliza and her little class.


Jazz number.
Ballet number.

The tap number:

The Finale was "Low."


Almost done. The boys act like sitting through a few hours of watching girls dancing is pure torture, completely ignoring the fact that Aliza has grown up at their games.


That's my little gangsta'!

And the finale, a kind of freestyle thing...I just thought Aliza jammin' in the background was cute!

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Drop Dead Marathon Day

The note from the school said that the 4th grade end of year party was from 9:30-11:20 am. Parker called me from his class at 8:35 am to say that the party was starting at 9, and could I hurry? I had just washed my hair. Sure, I'll be there as soon as I can. The phone rings again. It's Tyler. He needs me to bring his text books in. Now, if I could. I'll get there when I get there! I strolled in at 9:40, text books in arm and ready to play. The 4th grade party started late, but I still missed the scavenger hunt. I made it in time for the ice cream sunday conga line:

They went outside to eat it.
And play on the playground.
And hang out.
Then the 4th grade team played a game with the kids. The 4th graders had been polled and the teachers tried to guess the top answers. This is the 4th grade team. Parker's teacher is Ms. Phillips (second from the right) and the others are (l-r) Mr. Nickel, Mrs. Fritchman (Parker's UIL coach, who I love) and Mrs. Crawford on the far right. They are an awesome team, and I am going to miss them next year.
The kids loved the game!
And Mr. Nickel lost and therefore got a pie in the face. What a good sport!
When that party was over, I ran to my favorite store Wal*mart and got cookies for the 6th grade party and batteries for my camera, because Maris took my car to work today and my battery charger was in it.

The 6th graders had some yummy treats and played Family Feud with the teachers.

I also love the 6th grade team. From left to right, they are:

Ms. Pittman (Language Arts), Mrs. Jones (Social Studies), Ms. Patton (Science and Tyler's homeroom teacher) and Ms. Pritchard (Math). All but Ms. Patton are going to the Middle School next year. Ms. Patton is going to 3rd grade, so maybe Aliza will get her. :)

Here is Tyler taking his turn.
Hanging out.
And signing yearbooks.



Before school got out, all got to help tape Ms. Morris, our principle to the window. The kids earned this right by making their AR goal. Tyler was one of the kids who got to tape. So was Parker. Aliza didn't think it was fair that not all kids got tape because all of them helped to earn it.



After school, we headed to Aliza's final dance class. We only have to go to the dance rehearsal on Saturday morning and we are done. The recital is Sunday while we are at church. Darn.
She got a completion certificate. If you dance there for 3 years and up you get a trophy. We will never get a trophy. I think we are done with dance. There are just too many other things that she would rather do.

So then, after dance, if I wasn't already ex-haust-ed, Aliza had her last softball game of the season...
They won 10-0.
Good job Aliza. (2 great hits with 2 RBI's, including the last RBI of the season.)
Let's go home and go to bed.

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