( written last
weekend )
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| The Vanilla Beans |
There are a few facts
about Beauty :
She is happiest when
she is dancing . That is certain . I mean just look at the expression on her
face . Pure joy and pride and determination . When I look at her face in these
pictures ... My heart swells with happiness for her passion
Secondly when they
dance and there are 35 girls who all have the same hair and body and the
same costume it is
hard to find your own daughter to focus on . I always find her . Want to know
how ? She has a super long waist to chest measurement . Simply a long long
torso ( a woman's dream ! ) I look for her long waist and I always find it :)
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| The girls (minus one vanillabean 2) |
After 36 hrs of extra
dance practice in This week alone and weeks and months of preparation the show
at place des arts de Montreal for the 25 anniversary of the
professional dance program at the school was truly seamless as everything else
this school does
Perfect synchronicity
of every unique and beautiful performance .
She may not seem it
yet but man oh man will this girl learn discipline for a lifetime . They are
chastised if one hair is out of place or one false movement . Lots and lots of
pressure and she does extremely well under these conditions
I am so proud that
she is doing this
What an absolute gift
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| Livvy bum-bum and Beauty |
She did a beautiful
flaminco number as well as a jazz ballet lyrical
based on surrealism
and Dali as an artist one and a finale . I always have tears in my eyes when
she performs
Like watching her ski
it is like a graceful symphony .
She comes alive not
through relationships ( well friends yes ! ) but through activity
sports . This is
she .
It was an exhausting
and exhilarating weekend for her bc not only dance shows and dress rehearsals
but also a bff from Toronto visiting
for weekend ( a
separate post about our fave family of 7 )
so she would come
home and stay up late and talk and talk and talk ! Today they finally get to
hang out the pg gals and enjoy time together at last
And
Let's just say
since our escape to Punta Cana time we have not had much More than a quality
minute together and only read Solomon a handful since .
And now her mama is off to work in Peru for the week
as early this
morning and then Italy as soon as get back for 10 days
. She won't miss me
much but I will miss her
As i look at her
dance and her pictures here I see a young girl who has truly become a young
woman . I look at her and crave the beach trip we had and that alone time .
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| The girls trying to set up Didi with Vanilla bran 2 grandpa! |
I am used to the fact
that I will always be chasing her .. She will always be running in the opposite
direction . But when I do catch her and catch up it feels like a prize to be
won . This girl will travel the world , she will move far away ,
she will do great and fearless things .She will grow up and away quickly .
Thank goodness she
has two homebody brothers to distract us
and keep us loved
and who will come home for Sunday dinners always
. Hopefully she
won't have too much wanderlust as will miss her too much !! She is a different
kind of jewel . Rare and to be treasured
She is my little
superstar . I can't wait to watch her flight of life and where it will all take
her
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| Fearless. Talented Dancer. Soaring |
