Dance Divas or Soccer Pros

Brindley and Karissa had their dance review this last Saturday. It was a crazy day. We started out with the dress rehearsal in the morning, then took Brindley straight to her soccer game, then re-did her hair and did both girls' makeup in the car on the way back to the dance performance. (Wasn't there a conference talk that said, slow down. You don't have to sign your kids up for everything!) The girls did awesome with their dances. Right at the end of the review, the power went out. All the girls (ages 3-10 years) that were dancing (about 100 of them) were in a room behind the stage when this happened. I'm very proud of Brindley who's first thought was, "I need to go find Karissa." They had moved the girls out in the hall where there was a little more light. After waiting for a few minutes in our chairs, Jim went out to see if he could see the girls. He found them standing in the hall hugging each other. Karissa was very relieved to see us and just glad to get out of the dark.

So now dance is over for the year and we only have two soccer games left for each! Yes, that's right... Our girls played soccer this year. It was our first year with the whole soccer thing. The girls so enjoyed it. Or maybe it was the treat after the soccer game that they liked. O-well, what ever it was, it was alot easier to get them to go to their soccer games than their dance classes. They have come a long way with soccer. When I bought them shin guards they asked what they were for. Brindley had just previously been kicked in the shin and had a big black bruise, so I explained that they were to prevent those bruises. Now both of them are okay with the kicking and have even taken a few balls in the stomach. They just keep running though! They make me smile! I love watching them whether it is dancing or playing soccer.