Cole, Alex, & Anna Grace

Monday, May 2, 2011

"Look at me, I'm on stage!"



Anna Grace had her first dance recital last weekend. She has been taking a creative movement dance class designed for toddlers and the little ones were asked to perform with the older kids at the spring recital. Actually, we weren't really aware of what we were getting into when we agreed to be in the recital- the cost of the costume, theater tickets, pictures, and of course the professional video has been a little overwhelming. Anna Grace's 2 minutes of fame was quite expensive.







We had a dress rehearsal at the theater on Wednesday. Anna Grace was so excited to see her teacher and the other girls in her class. I had to explain to her that she would be going up on the stage to practice her dance. When her teacher came for her and led her up the back stage stairs and then across the stage, Anna Grace started yelling, "Look at me, Mommy! I'm on stage!" All of the other parents from the older girls' classes thought she was hilarious. Then, the director turned down the lights and Anna Grace started yelling, "Mommy, its dark up here!" That was when I really started getting nervous for Saturday's performance. I just knew that she was going to be her normal little talkative motor mouth on stage in front of the entire sold-out theater. I also knew that our tickets were for seats all the way up in the balcony, and she would not be able to see me in the audience if she felt the need to comment on what it was like on stage.



However, when Saturday came, Anna Grace was a shining star. We could hear her call out, "Mommy??" as her teacher lead her out on the dark stage. But when the lights came on, and she was standing there with the two other little girls in her class, the audience cheered and Anna Grace started doing her little Teddy Bear dance. The other little girls were looking around and only half-participating, but Anna Grace followed her teacher's lead and danced for the whole song. I could hear people all around us commenting on the little one in the middle, my precious Anna Grace.


This is Anna Grace with her dance teacher.




It is so hard for me to imagine that this is the same little girl who less than a year ago came to us weighing only 20 pounds as a 2 year old with huge delays in her development. She could not even step over a tiny door ledge or crawl into her toddler bed, and there she was on stage dancing and following her teacher's lead along with the other little girls. We feel so blessed to be witness to this huge change in our little girl in the last year.

1 comment:

  1. Anna Grace looks adorable all dressed up for her recital! :)

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