mini saintette's

Saturday night was a big night for Yahaira, she got to perform with the Saintette's. Excited doesn't even come close to describing her. All season she has watched various groups of girls practice at our home. Sitting off to the side, watching. Rarely would she join in if they asked her to, too shy. Once they left tho she would often be seen doing the moves they had been practicing. So when the extravaganza approached naturally I chose to enroll her in the clinic held for little girls. She is a bit young most of the girls were 4-5 and older, but since this is Cassandra's last year on the team I thought it would cool for the two of them to participate together. The day of the first practice Yahaira was ready to go hours before. She kept telling me "I go dance?" "you stay home" excited I tell you. I didn't stay for practice concerned that if she saw me she may not participate. I did catch that last few minutes, which had me wondering just how good of an idea this was. As soon as she saw me she was on and off the stage, not good. The night of the extravaganza arrived and suddenly she is Miss Clingy...didn't expect she would even go on stage. She did one of the Saintettes picked her up and away they went...for the most part she stood there and watched, towards the end she actually did a few moves. Once she came offstage she was jumping with happiness "I danced mommy, I danced!" Yes she did. After that she wanted to go up with every group of little girls, sigh, she was quite vocal about this, guess being in the spotlight was just too much fun. The last performance by the little saintettes had her on stage beside Cassandra, where she stood and watched, so cute, so her, so glad they were able to perform together just this once. Gracie also participated, she is a pro by now having done this for three years, yes she started at age 2 also. That year was Beckie's last year and we had thought it would be great for the two of them to participate together. If I remember correctly that first year Gracie stood and watched too...and this year she was showing them how to dance, amazing what a little time can do.