Today was the Georgina Highland Games as well as Katrine’s first outing as a Beginner! She was a mixture of excitement and nerves. Over all, she danced really quite well. There are definetely things that she can improve on but she did well nonetheless. Well? Two thirds in her first outing. We had been preparing her all week for the distinct possibility that she would not win a medal being that it was her first outing in a new and harder group. She was over the moon. To make it better, my parents decided to drive down to see her dance. She was just happy to have a larger cheering section. All of the girls from Katrine’s dance school did well which was nice because no one was left feeling left out of the celebrations. Once the girls had got their medals, a whole group of them went to the craft zone to do crafts and get their faces painted.
Katrine also chose to do the mass fling at the opening ceremonies. Mass fling? Well it is every dancer that they can convince to walk into the middle of a empty field and then do the fling in front of the crowd. It is actually really fun to do because it doesn’t matter if you make a mistake or remember all of those things that you are suppose to. Instead, it is a chance to just dance and entertain.
Now for the surprise, I woke up this morning and went to check my email before setting off for the competition and what should be there? Two new photos of Elspeth and a brief update!! She has grown a whole centimeter and is up to 20 pounds. Her feet are TINY. Only 4 1/2 inches long. That is like 12 month robbies and she is turning two in October. She has more hair now, all spinky like. Anyways, I promised more photos once we had some so here they are!!
Glenn and I? I got burnt at the competition as is my usual at the first competition of the season. Doesn’t look too bad though. How I managed to get burnt with sunscreen on while sitting under the trees remains a mystery to me. Glenn has cleaned up all of the crap from the basement and has the ceiling painted. Yes painted. Tomorrow it will be on to the walls.