DANCE WEEKEND!

 Hey! I know! Let’s take a break from complaining to talk about something FUN?

Dorothy had a dance convention last weekend in the Dells, and it was adorable. 

She took thirteen dance classes in 2 days— a mix of jazz, hip hop, ballet, and contemporary, with some fun ones like Pom pons (taught by a pro-bowl cheerleader), tap (very loud in a giant ballroom. Very very loud), and belly dancing thrown in.

She cajoled me into buying not one but 2 sports bras that say SHOWSTOPPER in tiny sequins and also a sweatshirt, but she also had an absolute BLAST with her friends, made new friends on her team, and enjoyed spending time with just me, too.

She worked SO HARD in all of her classes, even the last one when she was super tired. Even in her contemporary class that she took barefoot (as you do) and had to pull her leggings over her heels because her tap shoes gave her blisters, and her feet were LITERALLY BLEEDING, but she DANCED  FULL OUT ANYWAY. She learned a bunch, was way better at picking up choreography quickly than she was last year, and even got called out to perform at the end of a class in a small group, something she wanted to do all weekend.

It was a people watching FEAST that I delighted in. I also wrote a bunch of scripts for videos for my online class (YAY ME!!!!!) and read a great book. Plus we ate Jimmy Johns both days, and I discovered one of the other team moms is a sorority sister of mine. I walked by the mini room and thought OMG my Minnie could be in there in a couple of years because clearly, I have downed the dance mom Kool Aid.