Ballet Recital

Penelope had her first ballet recital a few weeks ago. Here she is posing the morning of the big day. She was VERY excited, and thus acting a little funny for the picture taking.

When we got there, she and Zahra ran in triumphantly, but in the end Penelope spent the first dance stuffing her tutu in her mouth :)

We did get a good picture without the tutu eating, though.

After the first song, we told Penelope to take off her tutu and she was able to focus more after that. Here she is doing the "bird" dance. Being Penelope she also accompanied this dance with bird sounds, which I don't think she was supposed to do...

Zahra mostly enjoys watching Penelope's ballet lessons, but she nearly fell asleep during the recital.

After the big event we put the tutu on for more pictures, and one more special surprise - Frozen dolls for the girls! I don't usually buy the kids plastic dolls like this, but when I saw them at Target I couldn't resist. And, they have lived up to expectations - by far the girls' favorites!

Great job, Penelope. We are proud of you!