Dance recitals done!

Emily and I both had dance lessons this year and as a result we're both performing in the annual dance recitals.  I didn't get a new shot of Emily in her tap costume, so hers the one from dress rehersal/crash night from last weeks post.

   My recital was Friday night, hers Saturday afternoon.  As usual,  my favorite part was watching the experienced girls dancing.  Hopefully we can both continue to get better next year.

I got her hat wrong last Monday,  so we fixed it up for the real show! Love my baby girl! I can't post videos from my phone, so I'll try to post from the computer once I upload them! So proud of her hard work,  and now that I've performed on stage,  so proud of her for going out there and performing despite anxieties over being on the stage.  I had no clue how scary it really is to get out there and perform.  I don't have a video of me yet,  hoping to get a copy from a friend.

Please can we keep it

My rental.  Kids love it.  Sigh.

Update... The car officially got totaled out by the insurance company I've been car shopping and going nutty all week trying to find a good replacement.  Kids of course are putting in their wish list items. I went yesterday and got all our stuff from the car.  I cried as I drove away leaving my poor smashed car behind. Couldn't help but be grateful it took the hit on impact and Emily and I walked away with no issues.  Granted it was a slow moving accident, but over the last 6.5 years it has been a wonderful vehicle for me and I will really miss it.

Everybody is ok!

So two weeks ago I accidentally hit a bumper of a parked car.  That was bad and super embarrassing because the owner was in his car,  and I had two youth and an adult leader in mine.

Today was worse.  Emily and I were off to her tap dance dress rehersal.  

I was the fifth car in a pile up.  My poor Van looks awful.  I was so upset I promptly burst into tears.  It had been a rough day to begin with,  and this just did me in.

Thankfully we were fine.  No air bags deployed,  nothing terrible happened.  We missed the rehersal, and we have no car.  Karl is in VA,  and his car is in the shop.  

Sigh.  Thankfully I have awesome neighbors who came and got me,  then took me out again to dance class so Emily could go to her hip hop,  and I could attend my tap recital.