Tiny Tutus

Last weekend, Mackenzie took center stage with her fellow "Tiny Tutu's" at their year end ballet recital. She has worked very hard all year preparing for this event.  We are so proud of her!

Lucky for us, Mackenzie and her pals were second on stage, dancing to "A Dream is a Wish Your Heart Makes", from Cinderella.  As the bright lights came on, the audience was treated to a tidy little row of pint size ballerinas wearing flowery tutus fit for a royal ball.  Mackenzie was centered among the ballerinas, and diligently enacted the first move of the dance routine, pretending to be asleep (matching the dream component of the song).  She effortlessly held the position, even as the rest of her class moved on to new dance moves! Steph was quickly consumed in simultaneous laughter and tears.

Satisfied with her execution of the dream sequence, Mackenzie finally moved on to her many other moves, a variety of twirls, hops, arabesques, curtseys, and pliets.  She glided from one move to the next, interrupting her rhythm only once, to wave and yell "Hi Mommy!"  (cue more hysterics from Steph)

After the recital, she celebrated at Red Robin with her big brother, both sets of grandparents, and of course, Mom and Dad.  She was also quite excited to get three bouquets of flowers!!

Images from the big day (no camera were allowed during the recital, but we did order a DVD that is sure to make us laugh and cry all over again):

Hair and makeup

Dressed and ready for her big moment

Re-enacting her routine for the camera