Cuteness overload

Eleda had her first ever recital this Christmas.  She has been doing really well in her dance class, and we were so excited to see her show her stuff!  The day was a mess... we got a big snow dumping the night before, so while I thought we had a ton of time to get there, it took Alan a while to find the car under the snow, so we were running late.  We rushed in just as the recital was about to start, and moments after this first photo was taken, Eleda started crying that she had to go to the bathroom.  So she missed the little warm up dance, but such is life.

 This is Eleda's dance instructor, Miss Liliane.  She is amazing and I love her, as does Eleda.

 When she rejoined the class following the bathroom break, Eleda burst into tears, I think more because she didn't know what to do than out of stage fright.  You can see from her little red nose that she'd been crying.  But Miss Liliane handed out the bears for the Teddy Bears Picnic dance, and all was well :)

 For a special treat, the older girls came out to dance for and with the little ones.  It was so sweet.

After the ballet portion of the programme, the girls all went off to change while Miss Lilliane attempted to teach all the adults the Cha cha cha.  Hilarity ensued.

Next it was time for the tap dance... Eleda really likes tap.  She will often show me her shuffle and scoobie doo dance moves.

 Notice the pointer fingers:

 And of course after all that hard work, a break for many delicious snacks must be taken.

 I made a "magic wand" for each of the little girls.  Here Anna and Eleda were playing princesses.  Perfection.