As a mother, Im gonna brag
 

I couldnt figure out the best place for this, but since its about something my daughter is doing I figured parenting was a better bet...

so... Im going to brag now

Im sure many of your cities (in the US anyway) has a form of Festival of Trees this time of year. Atlanta has been doing it since I was a child.

Children's Healthcare of Atlanta: Festival of Trees

Its a great fundraiser each year for Children's Hospital...

And Im proud to say that my 11 year old daughter will be dancing with her ballet/pointe group (yes she's so good she was put on pointe early) on a stage in front of hundreds of people tonite.

I'm so proud of her I could cry....and I know I will...everytime that child gets on a stage I use a box of kleenex. Thank god she doesnt have her mothers non-grace....I myself walk into a wall at least once a day :lol:

congratulations! she is gonna be awesome.

I hope she breaks a leg. (Meant in the "good luck" sense, of course!)

Thats awesome Ive been to the Festival of Trees and its sooo gorgeous!!

I hope all goes well! :)

she did so good....I was so so proud...she did 3 dances in 30 minutes...lots of pictures I cant post here :lol:

Im exhausted though because we stayed so late but yes yellowchef it was absolutely beautiful...I just had to stay away from the honorary trees for some of the children's hospital patients....I cried every time I got near them.

aww

I bet it was beautiful.

i never heard of the festival of trees...but it sounds like fun tho :)

congrats...can't wait to get back to mainland where my little blondie will be included in dances like that. (Hawaii isn't the best place to be blond haired and blue eyed, hula troops don't exactly welcome you.)

Aren't our kids amazing? This is really cool Shani, and you must be so very proud. My daughter is in ballet too, 2nd year. I cried at her first recital because she was so amazing, and so beautiful.

I'm sorry I missed this before.

That's a lot! You say she's in a more advanced level because she's so good?

Wow... How powerful.

Yeah they put her on Pointe this early this year when she was 10...2 years before they normally let one go on to that :)

That's awesome. :D

Congratulation! You should be very proud. I can't wait to have kids some day.

Thats adorable haha.

Asta!!

Congrats Shani! I hope to get my kids into dance one day...should be now...but ya know it's not cheap!! ;) I bet the trees where wonderful!

Awesome job -- congrats to good parenting and to your daughter sharing her talents with others and using them for good purposes.

you go girl----be a part of her life...

I know a lot of people say you should be a parent and not their best friend...but just remember, they only tell their best friends their closest secrets...they know you are their parent--prove you are their best friend---be there in everything..I got six to prove it..VG

That sounds wonderful. Congratulations. Make sure that as she gets older, she's still having fun with it. My daughter is 14 and dancing 10-12 hours a week. How do you like buying those pointe shoes? :)

Pointe shoes are killing me lol her feet wont stop growing, Im in the process of buying her 3rd pair in a year :crazy:

The things we do for our kids. I think last year we did 4 pair of pointe, 2 pair of tap, and 2 pair of modern. And, we let her eat and sleep in our house! :) All I can hope for is a thank you sometime in the next 15 years.