{{{{--Beautiful ballerina--}}}}

Someone in the great big marketing world has found their niche when it comes to little girls....put them in a cute lil' costume, have them dance around a stage semi-in sync and the parents will just throw money, all for 3 precious minutes on the big stage with bright lights =) I'll admit, I had no idea what I was signing up for back in August. Never being a part of dance before, I had no idea what recitals entailed! Ella loved every minute of it. She especially loved the instructions she received before the dance rehearsal.
"Miss Lynn says you HAVE to put makeup on me! Real makeup."

Ella's class performed a ballet to the song "Up Up and Away (in my beautiful balloon)". click here to listen
Ella was the oldest girl in her class, there was 1 other 4 year old and the rest are 3 years old. She is almost a full head taller than the rest of the girls =)

Our class was very fortunate to have a professional photographer mama in our class. She very graciously offered to take individual and group pictures of our girlies before the big show. Thanks Randi!

Ava, Joren, Ella J, Clara, Holly, Mia, Ella K

Ava, Joren, Ella J, Clara, Holly, Mia, Ella K

Back: Ella J, Clara, Mia, Ella K
Front: Joren, Ava, Holly

Joren, Clara, Ava, Ella J, Mia, Holly, Ella K

The pictures from the actual recital are a little dark, but you can get the general cuteness factor out of them!

The balloon tied in the bun made this lil' ballerina over-the-top  ADORABLE!!!

Would you like to fly in my beautiful balloon?!

If you hold my hand we'll sail away across the sky...

Or we can fly!!!

After such a darling performance, we made sure to have flowers ready to give our ballerina. She, on the other hand, had no idea about the flowers or that people even got flowers after the recital. On our way out to the rest of the family, she asked why the other girls all had flowers. I explained that their families just brought the flowers for them. After she got her flowers, she said "I can't believe my family brought me flowers!!"

All in all it was a great night. Ella did a great job performing, she had a huge crowd of family come watch her and in her own words "I just can't stop smiling!"

Hope this makes you all smile too =]