Brooklyn's 1st Mini Dance Recital

Brooklyn did summer school this summer at a dance studio.  In addition to working on shapes, numbers, colors, etc...their curriculum also included tap, jazz, balet and hip-hop.  After their last day of class, they did a quick special performance for the parents.

Brooklyn's grandma, Giegie, got to be in town for this special performance.  When Brooklyn (in black and green) saw us walk in and sit down, she immediately wanted to run to us and the teachers wanted her to stay seated with ALL of the other children.  This caused a melt-down as seen in the picture above.  =)  Note - she was THE ONLY child shedding any tears and her cry could be heard above ALL of the parents chatting as they walked in.  FABULOUS.  (They were able to get her to calm down before the performance.)

Brooklyn LOVED going to "dance school" this summer and talked about dancing all of the time so I couldn't WAIT to see her perform. 
Here it is...her big moment to shine:

(just watched video on blog and you can barely see her...in green and black, back left hand corner...the one sitting on the floor)

Right.  She, and ONLY she, just sat on the floor during the ENTIRE performance.  Well, between the screaming in the beginnging and the sitting through the entire performance...I guess she was able to find her own special way of being in the spotlight. 

That's our girl!

Although her first ever dance performance was a total bust, B made it up to Giegie by having lots of fun with her over the weekend. 

They stacked blocks

Tried out Brooklyn's new Memory game (Thanks, Shaw Family!!)

And, of course, no Giegie visit is complete without a photo session!

Note - The dress B has on in this picture is a dress Eddie's Mom (AKA Giegie) MADE for Eddie's sister, Elisabeth, when she was little.

Brooklyn also went in for a speech therapy evaluation while Giegie was in town.  At Brooklyn's 3-year check-up, the pediatrician had some concerns that her speech may be a little delayed.  After she was tested and received her scores, the speech therapist determined that Brooklyn was "normal" for her age. 

Apparently, she was NOT at Brooklyn's dance recital to see that she is FAR from normal.  =)

Truth be told, I kinda think it is cute that she was too mesmerized by everyone to get up and participate and look forward to telling her all about it one day!  We love you, B!!