A Christmas Carol Improv

Yes I realize that Christmas was twelve days ago but we enjoy celebrating not just Christmas but the twelve days of Christmas like in the song. Anyways today the kids decided that they were going to perform their own Christmas Carol skit. Now this little piece is mostly improv and really has absolutely nothing in common with the real Christmas Carol but that is just what Teagan decided it would be called. From what I could gather it was a skit about their perfect Christmas day. So after a half hour hashing out lines and who was basically going to say what, well here it is.

Christmas Dance Recital

The kids had a lot of fun at their Christmas Dance recital tonight. They did a fun jazz dance in "Christmas Party", they joined another class and were tapping toy soldiers in "Santa's Workshop", did some ballet in "Behold That Star" and were also in the finale for a brief moment.  For once Teagan actually tried his best during the performance and did a great job. Which is a real progress for him because in the past three years of recitals even though he has the dances memorized which I know because he shows me them at home, for some reason though when he gets on stage his inner clown comes forth and we never know what he's going to do. Sometimes it's just the general pestering of his sister or the embellishing of his dance moves in a funny way or the infamous baseball slide across the stage in his white tux that he did one year. So fortunately this year we actually got to see some dancing instead.

 Arowyn as a toy soldier

Teagan the toy soldier 

Arowyn tapping

Rather than saluting it looks like Teagan is 

checking the state of his hair instead

 Teagan distracted by the lights or something 

that obviously only he can see

 Arowyn dancing with attitude in 

"The Christmas Party"

 Arowyn getting onto Teagan for 

something while they dance

 Arowyn dancing

 Teagan striking his pose

 Arowyn in "Behold That Star"

  Teagan in "Behold That Star"

Teagan & Arowyn in the finale

Christmas Dance Recital Rehearsal

Today is Arowyn & Teagan's Christmas Dance Recital. This morning the kids practiced their numbers up on stage so they would be more prepared for their performance tonight. It always amazes me how nonchalant my kids are about going on stage and performing. When I was growing up anytime I had to go on stage my stomach was always tied up in knots and I had to be coaxed or bullied into going up on stage for whatever I was doing and as I got older my fear of being onstage only increased. By the time I graduated high school going onstage for anything where there was any direct attention on me was out of the question and I even had a hard time standing in front of a class of like ten kids to teach. I've slowly been working on this fear of mine but I hope that it is one that Arowyn & Teagan never have to experience. Because of this I'm glad that Arowyn & Teagan have ample opportunity to be on stage in front of people and to get used to what that feels like and that it's not something to be afraid of.

Arowyn waiting out in the cafateria 

Teagan waiting out in the cafateria 

Arowyn & Teagan onstage practicing 

 Arowyn dancing

Another Year of Dance

The new school year is definitely in full swing. All of our extracurricular activities have all started up again and the kids are enjoying seeing everyone that they missed during the summer. This is our fourth year doing ballet and over the years we have graduated from pinks to blues and now this year we are reds! Here is a little bit from their class tonight. Arowyn is the one with the braids and the hair clip in the back of her hair and is wearing a pink skirt, Teagan can be seen mostly in the mirror if you look for him.