Mickey Mouse's Birthday Party

Yep, it's recital time once again. A big shout out to the Sugar Granny for helping to subsidize Olivia's dancing. She surely does love it and I love that this little girl LOVES to dance!!! This year she danced to Mickey Mouse's Birthday Party. She is so stinkin' cute. She is a good listener and is really getting musicality so her teacher let her be the line leader for the performance.

Recital time is a love/hate thing so I thought I'd entertain with a list of "loves" and "hates".

LOVES
*They are just so stinkin' cute!

*The dance costume doubles as the Halloween costume. This year's a total score!

*She is so excited and loves to dance!

*Did I mention how the kids are soooo stinkin' cute?

HATES
*Can be costly (makeup, costumes, tickets, pictures, video...ugh!).

*Putting streetwalker makeup on a five year old is just WRONG!

*Trying to put that streetwalker makeup on a five year old is like putting it on a greased pig. Not that I ever tried to put makeup on a greased pig, but I am sure it is just as hard!

*They wanted curls!?! Olivia's hair just does not curl. I tried everything curling irons, hot rollers, sponge rollers, PRODUCT. Her hair is baby fine. After hours of trying to get curls and it looking like crap, I brushed it and it was totally straight. UGH!!!!!

*Dress rehearsal never starting on time/behind so we sit, and sit, and sit, and sit,and sit, and get hungry.

*I have to make sure a certain little someone gets flowers just like everyone else or I will have tears. When you have tears coupled with streetwalker makeup, well that is not a good thing!

The "loves" trump the "hates" for sure!

Here are some pics from Miss Thangs' dress rehearsal (since we are forbidden to take pics or video at the performance). I am not the greatest photographer with theater locations. It's only my second time trying to take pics in one. It's a bit tricky. I wish I had rented a telephoto lens ;0(, was able to sit on stage, and that someone shut the outsdie door on Olivia's side of the stage as all that crappy light fell on the side of her face. I get that it's a dress rehearsal and all, but sheesh, stop playing with the lights so I can get a semi-decent pic of my kid!

When rehearsal was over, we went outside to take a few pics. The light was great and she was just so darn cute! Olivia was quite the poser!! She struck her own poses for the camera. Yes, I egged her on.