Excited as I could be, I left work on 05/15 headed home, Camden AR. Dance recital's, Deacon Lifetime Achievement Awards, DADDY from Virginia, high school and sixth grade graduation's, and a week filled with family, food and good times were in my future.
Saturday, 05/16 was Kylee Kay's first dance recital. To say the least, we were a little excited! No one was as proud as her momma though. Angie (kk's mom) has clogged her whole life and now teaches clogging at KK's dance school. This was a BIG day for her!
So the story goes...
KK's 2 and 3 yr old class had to dance first. They didn't know what to expect and were so scared and didnt move.
KK spotted Gail and I on the front row immediately. She ran to the edge of the stage and held out her arms saying "Auntie, Auntie". Of course this made my heart sad but I had to say "NO baby, go dance. You have to go dance KK!" She turned and got back in line with the other girls. The next group's performed their first routine and then it was back to KK's group. By now, her class has figured out what their suppose to do when they hit the stage. That sassy little group marched back out on that stage and lit it up!!! They had the crowd rolling :) So cute! Kylee Kay was dancing, laughing, jumping, and running all over that stage!
The more people laughed and clapped, the more she hammed it up! On the 3rd dance, she realized she hadn't seen her daddy. She marched up to the edge of the stage, pointed to the crowd and yelled "Daddy, you out there daddy? I cant see you daddy. DADDY! Are you out there daddy?" Because Angie teaches dance at this school and Jimmy is one of three barbers in town, everyone knows them and the crowd was loving it!!! I was laughing so hard my side was hurting and crying uncontrollably! She finally decided to give up on finding daddy and continue dancing.
At the end of the recital, Jimmy made his way to the stage with flowers in hand. When KK saw him her face lit up. She said "Daddy, was you watchin' me?" He told her he was and that she was the best and prettiest dancer on the stage! (of course no other little girls could hear him) He gave her the flowers and he got this in return...
Awards were given out to ALL of the children who performed in the recital. The studio owner gave out these awards and wrote down the names of the awards during the performances (very creative award title's I might add). KK won the "Coming out of her shell" award. As you can see, she was very happy to receive the award and what she called "daddy's flowers"!
