Dance Recital...

Ainsley had her jazz recital Saturday and will have another recital on Monday! I wasn't too sure how the whole hair in a bun and no bangs would turn out but it looked great. Thanks to some super extra hold gel, some hairspray, bobby pins and to top it off... the mother of all hair spray... aqua net!

She looked absolutely beautiful if I do say so myself...

Yikes I can't believe how grown up she looks...

Was so proud of her... she was the only one who knew her dance, she became a leader and got the other girls to follow her. This was her first big stage performance and she loved every moment.

Here's her Jazz group... the one girl on the end also performed in another dance hence the different costume.

Afterwards we headed to Albertson's for some milk and as we were getting into the car Santa appeared in the parking lot... really like out of nowhere. He and Mrs. Claus were handing out peppermints and spreading Christmas joy. Our kids were sure thrilled, for we missed Santa at our usual spot, the festival of trees because Ainsley was sick during that time. They had been working on mailing their letters but to see him in person was so much better. Wish I would have thought to whip out the camera... I was just so dumbfounded and enjoyed the magical moment. All the way home the kiddos were non-stop talking about the experience.

This morning we woke up to the kiddos yelling, "It's a winter wonderland today!" We ended up with about 5 inches... kiddos were glad to go outside and finally play in it.

Tomorrow starts the last week of school... thank goodness! Have most of my projects done, still need to make class room treats, finish teacher gifts and hunt for few more volunteers.