We all made it.
Pearl was so excited to wear her costume, get her hair done (until the actual combing and curling started to take place), and put some makeup on. I thought she looked mighty cute all dolled up. Although after seeing some of the other dancers at the recital, I've decided I need some cosmetology lessons if she's going to continue to pursue dancing.
Pearl did really good waiting for her turn to dance. I must admit, I had a year or so stint with dancing as a kindergartner and remember having to just sit in the back and wait for all the big girls to do their dances before it was my turn. And with Pearl's clingy-ness lately, I was terrified she'd just sit back there and cry and freak out if we couldn't stay with her. But she was fine. She did awesome at her dance rehearsal earlier in the day too.
When Pearl came out, I thought for certain she'd just stand there after seeing me with the camera. But once again, she proved me wrong. She did awesome! Really, she did so amazing with remembering all her dance moves. She seemed to really enjoy everything. All that practice paid off!
Action shots! 
I don't know the real name of the song Pearl danced to, but it goes something like this.... "L is for the way you look at me. O is for the only one I see. V is very, very extraordinary. E is".... uh I don't remember the rest." But you can see Pearl knows all the words (and moves) by heart. She's the little pip-squeak on the far right. 
Pearl wanted to stay until the grand finale dance. She got to wear her new tee-shirt, which she was very excited about. 
Pearl has wonderful grandparents. I told Jeff's dad we'd probably never be as good of grandparents as they are for driving from Logan to sit through three hours of a dance recital. Not to mention, grandma gave Pearl a rose for doing such a good job. 
David and Vickie came too. Pearl had given them their tickets a week ago, she was so excited about her recital. Even Jeff and I made it through the recital. We tag-teamed it with Cole who was NOT happy about being there. And just because I laughed when about this, I have to tattle on Jeff... he brought (and used) ear plugs!With all my gripping about Pearl wanting to take dance, I'm glad she did. We all learned a lesson about sticking with something we say we're going to do, she looked beautiful in her costume, and she did just awesome! I had so much fun watching her dance, shake her little booty, jump around, and smile from ear to ear. I am one proud mom!
But that doesn't mean I'm not hoping she picks soccer for her next activity!
