Ava's First Ballet Recital

Ava had her first ballet recital a few weeks ago, and our tiny dancer was so excited. But probably not as excited as I was :).

Both the ballerina and the costume were adorable. 

And I did my best to get all those baby hairs to stay up in a bun.

Bunny and Grammie came in town for the big event.

The recital was held in the Arts District at the beautiful Dallas City Performance Hall, which was nice because we were able to park in my office building. This also gave us a chance to get the baby ballerina to pose in front of the fountains.

Ava's class performed to "Sugar, Sugar." I wasn't quite sure what to expect, because from the peeking I did during their weekly classes, it never appeared like they were actually practicing a dance. But it was so adorably amazing.  

I may be a bit biased, but she was clearly the best one. 

Ava's class performed fourth, and then she had to stay backstage for the rest of the show, so we had quite a while to wait. We took turns walking Rylan around, and Josh and I were standing in the back (away from my video camera) when we realized they were all coming back on stage to bow. But he did get an iPhone video of their cute finale. 

Ava was so tired after the show that she wasn't as excited about her flowers as we had hoped. 

It was a long day for our little ballerina.

Although she did perk up to open the gifts from Grammie :).

As someone who grew up dancing, I can't tell you how special the day was. I hope this was the first of many, many recitals for Ava.

Otherwise, I'm signing Rylan up for hip hop classes ;).