Dancing with the Stars

Finally................Master P gets kicked off. What is wrong with America?????? He was on way too long!

I love it when...

This title is borrowed from a fellow Mama- you know who you are!

I love it when...

*you grab my cheeks with your hands and squish our heads together

*you look at old men with grey beards and say "Ho Ho Ho"

*you wrinkle up your nose at people in the grocery store

*you sing hands in the air, rock a bye your bear, bear is now asleep, sh sh sh

*we ask you a question and you nod your head really slow and say "ya" (pronounced the german way)

*you pat the seat next to you and say mama

*I get home from work and you yell "MAAAAMAAAA" from your bedroom even though you're supposed to be asleep. But that's ok, cuz I get to rock you the second time because your daddy already did.

*the three of us are home together and you look from me to your dad to me and say mama, daddy and then you smile. It's like you know those times are precious and far between.

Glipse into the future...

Nee-nee and Rah- rah (aka- Emily and Sarah)
A hip hop dancer in training?????



Let me see you 1,2 step
I love it when you 1,2 step
Everybody 1,2 step

Why I love Dance...

After an intense meeting of the Marquette Moms tonight(a group of moms willing to help out around the studio on a volunteer basis), I had the chance to stay and talk with one of my most famous student's mom. This is a student who has fallen in love with dance. She not only takes at my studio, but two others as well. She dances 5 nights a week, taking tap, jazz, ballet, lyrical, pointe, hip hop, and competition team. Everyone knows who this girl is. My 6 year olds ask for her autograph. After the year end recital, people ask, "Now who was that girl in almost every number? Wow- I couldn't take my eyes off her. What year is she?" Year in school they ask, thinking High School. I say no, not high school, she's 13. Actually she just turned 14. I remember her at 8. Anyway- here is my list:

1. Dancers get good grades.

2. Dancers respect the adults in their life.

3. Dancers are used to a demanding schedule, they adapt.

4. Dancers are intense thinkers and persevere till the end.

5. Dancers are used to putting forth perfection in dance class-
so they do the same everywhere else.

6. Dance is a language, getting out frustration, envy, anger, tiredness, boredom, love, happiness, sadness, prayer, excitement, joy.

7. Dance teaches rhythm, balance, coordination, flexibility, muscle memory- but also responsibility, critical thinking, team building, memorizing and expression.

8. Dance class is a safe place. Teens hang out at the dance studio at night, instead of other places they shouldn't.

9. Dance encourages creativity.

10. It's not just shuffle step.

I also got tagged by the fours game!

Four jobs you've had in your life:
Sandwich Artist at Subway- yes, I even had a button! EJ Thomas Hall Usher- the best job ever! A nanny to two beautiful kids for almost two years. A small business owner- currently a very difficult, trying, yet rewarding job. A dance instructor then, now and forever!

Four movies you would watch over and over:
Annie(one of my favorites since I can remember)
Grease
Pretty Woman
Center Stage

Four places you have lived:
Connecticut- birthplace
Toledo, Ohio
Findlay, Ohio
Akron, Ohio
Nashville, TN- well for a summer, but it counts because I love it there so much!
Stow, Ohio
Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio

Four TV shows you love to watch:
The Apprentice
ER
Everwood
American Idol
(ok so I like reality shows- but not the ones that make ya cringe!)

Four places you have been on vacation:
hmmm- how I would love a vacation. Ben and I always talk about how we'd like to go on a vacation a year with our little family. A tradition we work hard to start and continue!
Outer Banks!-first time last summer and now hooked!
Punta Cana- our honeymoon
St. Augustine, FL
Toronto, Canada- fun one growing up- we went to Ontario place, a blue jays game and stayed in a sweeeet hotel.

Four websites you visit daily:
Gymboree- it's too much fun dressing a little girl
Swoop and a Dart- love the pics
Lazy Sunday Afternoons
Amy Grant.com- crazy fan that I am, but hey- through that I've gotten to meet her 4 times! We're on a first name basis now! Even Maya has her picture taken with Amy!
Alltel mail

Four of your favorite foods:
Shrimp
Pasta- or both of these combined
Crab legs
Pasta- did I mention that yet...
Pizza- yah I'm a carb lover too...

Four places you would rather be right now:
Actually, it's kinda peaceful. Maya's in bed, Ben's at the Natatorium working out.....mmmm the house to myself!
No, really-
Scrapbooking in my craft area, yah I have an area not a room, but someday, its on the 5 year plan! I always seem to put it off (scrappin that is) because the one last thing is so much more important, or I feel guilty cuz my studio stuff isn't done or I have to choreograph...Augh!
Our Beach house in the Outerbanks!
Enjoying a weekend outing with my family.
Visiting my mom and dad- I miss them more now that I am a parent.

Ok- so I tag Lazy Sunday Afternoons and Redwood Road.