Woot Woot Wednesday

Well, as I promised, here's the videos from the dance rehearsal/recital from shelby's 2nd year of dance...
she was sooo funny and had a blast!! the ballet video is rough ( a friend took it and it was last minute but it's still cute) :)
if in case you can't tell, Shelby's the one who's shakin it the most in each video LOL
Jazz (these are the costumes I made and LOOKED great on stage!)
Rehearsal(she's the one who makes sure she's on her X and starts out 3rd fr the end):



Here's the video from recital(she's the 5th one from the left who keeps makin sure she's on her X haha):
 
Shelby is on the end in this one! This is "At The Hop", Tap:
and last but not least here is Ballet, "Mermaid Ballerinas"(shelby is on the end in this one):


In case you can't tell, she's NOT shy at all when it comes to dance or performing! :) I'm so glad she loves dance and can't believe she just finished her 2nd year! we are soo blessed w/ this little miracle I thought we would never have! :) How amazing God is!

2nd Year of Dance comes to an end....

wow.. i can't believe shelby's second year of dance has ended and all she's learned amazes me!! It makes my heart jump seeing how happy she is when she dances... She lights up on stage and it's soo cute!!!
I enjoyed seeing her and making her jazz class costumes and all those little divas shakin it! :)
Shelby's little heart is soo full of love, compassion, joy, and pureness that it makes me sad to know one day she'll grow up and all that will change :(.... but right now, i'm gonna soak up our precious Sheebee Shake!!
Here's pictures from rehearsal, recital and the dance pics we got back! TOMORROW... the videos will come!

Karen & Emily, KDAS Owners and Teachers, surprised me w/ a picture and ad of my design from Sheebee's Jazz Class

Can't believe how she's changed in a year! From a "Meese-Cat (Siamese Cat)" to a Bunny...

her bowing partner at recital she's also befriended and loves!

Prof. Jazz picture

Such a pretty bunny

Joci, CC & Sheebs... needed some playtime outside before their debut as the Choo Choo Soul Girls at recital

most precious bunny i've ever seen

doing so well in her straddle split in Gymnastics

Loves the high beam

tying her ballet shoes before her turn (tried to tie them anyway)

BFF's for life!!

Beautiful Mermaid Ballerina

Silly Bunnies

can't believe how much she's changed from the tiny ballerina to the beautiful poised Mermaid Ballerina she is today

priceless expression sheebs.. she wasn't prepared for this shot lol

must have told her to be a sweet bunny hhahaha i can hear her say, "Awww"

Choo  Choo Soul girls...





I had to jazz up her Recital shirt :)

I'm soo proud of you Sheebeeshake and who you are today! I love you baby girl....





Wow... busy busy....

So life has been crazy busy but CRAZY GOOD! God is amazing and blessing us daily... I want to just share the joys he's blessed us with by photos... I'm not very good with words but love  pictures and the stories you  can create in your own imagination.....
Thank You Lord for the amazing life we have and the amazing blessings You give us everyday!

as you can see, we're an outside kinda family and LOVE cars.. LOL... Magnolia had a car show/cruisin night and it was soo fun to see all the old cars and community come out to walk around and see them!

well... it's official... i drive a Mommy-mobile and LOOOVE IT!! What a great Mother's Day present! It's loaded out and i looove how it drives and how mommy and kid friendly it is...
Yukon XL SLT..  i call her "Big Body"...

shelby got her demand met.... a TV to watch her movies... :)



Woot Woot Wednesday

If you've been reading you've seen that I've finished, delivered and they've officially been professionally photographed!  My very first costume design....
This is EXACTLY how they looked in my head! :) I can't wait to see the Choo Choo Soul girls dance at recital! :)
Here's the Choo Choo Soul costume from start to finish!! well, almost start.... I can't find the pic of the bag of supplies these were once... haha... I do know that the total project consists of:

• 9 Overalls from ALL OVER that Karen and friends from KDAS go so graciously found for me (Cut down on cost BIG TIME!)
• 9 toddler train conductor hats from Oriental Trading (came as a pack of 12)
• 14 rolls of 25 feet EACH of red tulle
• 2 HUGE boxes of rhinestones; one irradescent and the other crystal clear
• 5 tubes of E600 glue
• 20 glue sticks
• 4 packages of 1/4" thick elastic
• 9 "Ouchless" hair bands

Each costume consists of:

• 85+ rhinestones glued on ONE BY ONE on the hat
• 55+ rhinestones glued on ONE BY ONE on the front of the overalls and 1 glued on each overall button
• 40+ rhinestones scatter-glued on ONE BY ONE to each tutu
• 50 yards of tulle on EACH TUTU; hand tied to the elastic in 16" strips
• 3 yards of tulle for each hair puff cut into 6" strips and tied to an elastic hair band
• TONS OF TUTU FLUFFING

Many tears, giggles, burnt fingers, glue peeling and patience here it is....
I'm so proud to do this for our daughter and her dance friends :)
KDAS Choo Choo Soul Girls Jazz Class 2013 Costumes