Kali's dance photo

Here is the big group photo of all the ballet students before Kali's recital this year. She is in the bottom row 3rd from the left. Love this little dancer!

Nutcracker 2013

Kali was a gingersnap this year in the Nutcracker. Here are some pictures from her VERY busy weekends of dress rehearsals & performances. She seriously has some of the sweetst girls in her class. Kali loves being backstage and playing with her friends. Look how cute their little costumes are. Those hats sure were frustrating to keep up. They did a great job!

Kali's flowers from my Dad & the Nutcracker we gave her after her first performance

Gingersnaps

Kali's ballet class had a Nutcracker party at our home today. The girls made bracelets, ate yummy food & asked each other questions.

Kali's big week!

Kali has spirit week at school.

Monday was pajama day.

 Tuesday was Twin Day

 Wednesday was mismatch day (Kali was very excited to dress all crazy)

 

Thursday was school spirit day but I don't have a picture of that.

Friday was the grand final...Favorite Book Character Day!

Kali was Nellie Sue from "Every Cowgirl Needs a Horse".

Her costume was AMAZING.

My Mom made it & it really looked just like the girl in the book. Yaya is one crafy Grandma :)

My Mom & Dad watched the parade with me, Kai & Kora.

 This week was also "Parent's Week" at dance.

We were able to go and sit in her classes and take photos.

Kali has only been at Arizona Dance Artistry for a few months now but she has learned SOOO much!

It's amazing what a difference it's made in her dancing.

 She is so close to her splits and streches every night.

 

Kali's new ballet

Kali recently started ballet at new studio and she loves it! It's very serious and she goes for an hour, two days a week & they have a dress code. Here are the girls taking thier written ballet terms exam. (Kali has a Valentine's bow in her hair)

 Heel stretches

She is very happy in her new class & has met some nice girls.

I am very proud of our little ballerina.

p.s. Kai is still in Karate but we can't go in his class to take pictures & he stands in a far corner so that I can't get a good picture of him.

This weekend...

Noodle has been sick :( But seriously this dog gets sick a lot. This time we think he hurt his back and ate something he should not have. So we had him drink lots of water (he did not drink or eat for one whole day) we hand fed him and we had him lay in the sun. After about 2 days of this he is back to his normal barking/growling/pooping on the floor self.

Kali had ballet class on Saturday and we were allowed to go in and watch. She was really excited that we were all there & she was dressed super fancy!

And, only two more days until we get find out what the next little Becker will be......

Parent's day at Ballet

We got to watch Kali's ballet class on Tuesday at the Community Center. She is such a colorful little gal...all the other girls like to wear the basic pink/black combo but not our fancy lady. She's such a good little dancer and just loves all of her classes. (I am not too fond of driving all over the place but as long as she is happy and serious about dance then I am game) We're really lucky to have found such a great dance class at the community center to supplement her other classes at the Dance Shoppe Studio. (plus it saves a lot of money and that's always a good thing)