1st Dance Performance

Kyri's dance studio performed at the Lilac Art Fair in Lombard this morning.  Mostly, it was for the bigger girls to perform their competition routines.  But the tiny dancers were lucky enough to be a part of the show, too.  So, Kyri got to perform on a stage in front of an audience for a whole 34 seconds today.  : )  They did the Teddy Bear dance.  Kyri had practiced it a couple times this morning and knew all of the words and steps.  When she got up on stage, however, she pretty much just stared at the audience until the last few seconds of the dance.  Haha!  So cute.

While we were waiting for Kyri's dance, some huge, dark clouds rolled in and thunder started coming pretty frequently.  I was so worried that Kyri wouldn't get to perform, but the rain held off until her group was coming off the stage.  Then the downpour started.  Larry, Laurel, Owen, and Charlie had come along to see Kyri dance, and we had planned to go to lunch afterwards.  We got stuck under an awning for about 10 minutes but then finally braved the rain and made it to the restaurant.  The rain finally let up during lunch, and we were able to walk around the art fair afterwards for awhile.  Charlie and Kyri had fun running and jumping in all of the puddles.  : )

K.J. and Charlie before the show

Here's our little dancer...finally remembering to actually do the moves!  : )

She blew a big kiss to the audience at the end!

And we can't forget our Tessa B.  She wasn't the most cooperative today, but she looks sooo cute and innocent on the steps of the coffee shop that we stopped at before we headed home.  What an angel. : )

Here is Kyri's dancing debut.  It's not the best camera job, though.  At some points Kyri's head is cut off because while Kyle was filming, he was also trying to keep Tessa from running away!