Sunday, December 11, 2011

Angels take the stage

Today was Riley's first ballet performance and it was magical!  She and Olivia, one of her besties since birth, were angels in Issaquah Dance Theatre's production of the Nutcracker.

Getting ready and getting to wear make-up w/ lots of reminders that it is only for the stage until she's a teen. ;)


Not the best picture, but the only one I had of Ben.  He stayed home with Amandalee because the Nutcracker was during nap time and too long.

 Dress rehearsal before the big show:



The gentelmen arrived to wish them luck. 

Waiting and waiting to take the stage...after an hour of dancing around, they took to their mama's iphones.



 Her big debut:




A short clip:

4 comments:

Ken Kieffer said...

I cried with joy.

gramps

Anonymous said...

Riley you are a star! What a great performance you gave.
love you!
Noni*

neen01 said...

So cute! great job riley!!

Stephanie said...

Do you see her face? No way she's waiting to be a teen for make-up! :) You did awesome on her hair - looks perfect! And she nailed her dance - I can't believe she's only 3 and did so good! Did her and Olivia have a solo(?) performance?