Meredith's dance recital was last night at the Blumenthal Performing Arts Center. She was super excited when she, Creig, and Gramsy came to me up at work. Great Gran rode over to Aunt Tippy's with us where we met Granmommy and Grandaddy! Aunt Tippy helped me get Meredith ready. She put a little makeup on and added some curls to her already curly hair.
We had a small setback as we were getting in the cars to leave. Our van wouldn't start! We didn't have jumper cables, and Tiffany didn't know where Patrick's were. Luckily, Tiffany's car was there, so we just loaded up in Mom and Tiffany's cars and headed to Charlotte.
Meredith was so excited...until we went backstage for her to get ready to dance. It was a little chaotic, and for a few minutes I was afraid she was going to have a major melt down. They had coloring pages and crayons backstage for the girls to keep them occupied. Once she sat down with her friends she was good to go! I left and headed back out into the audience. When it was her turn to dance I headed up front where parents could take pictures and video. It was so funny because as soon as she got out there she was looking for us. She kept lifting her hands to her eyes and a couple times I saw her say "Where are they?" It is almost impossible to see anyone in the audience when on stage. I got a short video before they started dancing of her looking out in the audience....cute!
She was fantastic, and we were all so proud of her! She really knew her dance!
Of course, everyone had prizes for her when she finished and Daddy and I gave her a rose. She got a ballerina blanket from Granmommy and Grandaddy, a beautiful necklace and bracelet from Gramsy, and flip flops and a crayola wonder set from Mommy and Daddy. After she changed, we took her to eat at Cracker Barrell for dinner. I think in the future we can expect to sit at the recital for quite sometime. One Dad told Creig they would be there for about 4 or 5 hours! Yikes!
After dinner, Meredith and Grandaddy played their special game of Checkers! I am not sure who won, but I am pretty sure there was a bit of cheating on both sides!
When we got back to Tiffany's, Patrick found his jumper cables and once they got the van running we headed home! It was a long night, but we all had so much fun!
We are proud of our little Ballerina!
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