2016 spring ballet recital

this may have been a one time only event

all three girls were in a ballet recital

sadly they were actually in different recitals, eleanor in the matinee and olive and hazel in the evening

but it was fun for them to all do it

the ballet was hansel and gretel

the girls were in separate dress rehearsals, too

so we spent all morning there for that

we decided just one of us would go to eleanor's recital 

and the whole family would go to hazel and olive's

eleanor chose for michael to take her to her recital

she was a gingerbread girl

 she was in a sassy mood all day

and part way through her performance she spotted michael recording her

and made goggles out of her hands to look at him for a while

everyone got a kick out of it

 olive was a princess

she is a natural performer

 hazel was marzipan

this was her 5th year of ballet and she is fully committed to doing it forever 

i love her dedication and love of ballet

 eleanor was pretty spent after her recital and not very excited to stay and watch the girls

but we made it through with her and henry

and noah playing the tablet a bit

 michael got all three girls roses for after their performances

they loved it

 olive is always posing

 eleanor didn't want to be in the picture or hold her flowers

 noah took this one

 on the way home i had hazel and the boys

instead of going out to ice cream like we planned

we figured we'd better get eleanor and henry home for bed

so we went through the fixx drive through for cookies and soda

i love watching our girls dance

olive is definitely ready to switch to gymnastics

and eleanor is up in the air

but hazel will definitely keep going

either way i'm grateful to have them all doing it at the same time for one recital :)