Hailey's Dance Recital

We have been looking forward to the first part of May for months!  Hailey decided to do dance this spring and we have anxiously been awaiting the arrival of the dance recital.  This year the theme was "Disney Magic" and was centered around the Disney Princesses.  Hailey group did a dance from the show "Brave" and their costumes had them dress up as the princess Merida.  

She looked so cute, I could hardly stand it!

Their teacher even made them a little halo complete with curling ribbon at the back, to make them look like Merida with her long, curly, red hair.

The night of the dress rehearsal was so exciting.  The girls had just received their costumes two day before, so this was the first time we saw them dressed up.  Here she is with two of the girls from her dance class.

I love the dress rehearsal to take pictures because we can get really close and there isn't a lot of commotion or craziness like there is the night of the actual recital.

She was so cute doing all of the moves to her dance.

I can't believe how tall and skinny she is!

She is so great at all of the moves, she really had them down pat.

There were only 5 girls in her class this year, but they all did a great job!

The night of the recital, we got there extra early to get a good seat.  Of course, that meant we had plenty of time to wait before the actual start of the program.  While we waited, we took pictures of her with all of the princess set around as decorations.  Here she is with Tiana and Ariel (her favorite princess).

Here she is with Cinderella.

And Rapunzel.

And last of all Sleeping Beauty.  We almost missed her because she was in a completely differnent part of the gym, but we spotted her and got a picture before it filled up.

Nana and Papa came down to watch the program.  They were troopers because they had already been down for the grandparent program a few days before!

We also got a quick picture of our family with our little dancer.

Hailey and Nana.

Hailey and Papa.

And I had to include this picture - Tate decided the program worked better as a spy glass and ran around saying "arrrr" all night, yes he's into pirates right now.

Way to go Sis, we sure are proud of you!  You were the best dancer up there the night of the recital.  We can't wait until the next recital!  Love you!