This past weekend I was busy with dance recital for Arden and Hadley. This was Hadley’s first dance recital, and I am so proud of how she performed! She got right on stage and (mostly) did the routine, which really is saying a lot for a bunch of two and three year-olds. Â Hadley was {…Continue Reading}
Yay! I’m finally finished with the notorious Dancing Dollies!!! I handed off all the dolls to their little dancing girls during class this week. One little girl in particular pretty much made every fleece ballet shoe, tiny arm, or hand stitched eye worth it. She just stood in front of my holding her doll and {…Continue Reading}
I am doll eyes, doll mouth, doll legs… Oh, not everyone instantly thinks of Hole singer Courtney Love’s lyrics when they see a pile of doll parts laying about? Think I might have just given away my age there. This is what I’ve been doing for the last while. Surrounded by tiny arms and legs. {…Continue Reading}
Arden’s started taking dance classes last year, and her second recital is rapidly approaching. Her class is doing a routine to a song about dolls and teaching the dolls to dance. So guess who volunteered herself to make 15 dollies so she and her classmates could have custom dolls with hair and eye color {…Continue Reading}
Arden’s first dance recital was last weekend. It was a half hour ballet and gymnastics class and they participate right along with all the other dancers in the annual recital. Arden’s class’ routine was to a song called “You Know What”. Here she is ready to go on stage for the first performance! We weren’t {…Continue Reading}
Arden’s first dance class turned out very well. She’s been super excited about her ballarina skirt and shoes for quite a while, so I was a little apprehensive that she’d get overwhelmed. The class is half ballet and half gymnastics, meeting once a week for half an hour. Right off the bat, my little monkey {…Continue Reading}
