Parties and Baking and Dancing, Oh My!

Thursday night was the Christmas program(s) for the kids' school. It was sweet and terribly unorganized as always. The kids were really adorable, but the parents? A completely different matter. If you ever wonder why many children seem to have incredibly bad behavior? Look no farther than those who are supposed to be the role models. The most egregious behavior? SB and three other 8th graders were performing a waltz while the younger students were being situated on the risers. This woman comes up right in the center of the aisle where they are dancing and stands there shooting pictures. With no thought of moving. SB and her partner nearly mowed her down before she finally moved with an exasperated sigh. SO RUDE! And I'm sure she got a great shot of her kid taking his or her place on the risers. A really important picture!lol!
It was SB's last Christmas program. A little bittersweet. She waltzed and salsaed and did the 22 step, and was a speaker. But also? She choreographed two hip hop routines. It was some awesome choreography, and even if I hadn't known ahead of time (or read the program) I would have know it was her choreography. Some of the moves were so much her hip hop style. Impressive work for a 13 year old girl. She wants to eventually teach dance, which is awesome, but I hope she goes somewhere where her love of hip hop can really shine.

I spent the day yesterday baking up a storm. I'm going to do a bit more today along with getting the rest of the house ready for the influx of people. At last count, I think we're expecting 45 adults and the children that go along with many of them. The other organizer of the event is handling the main dishes, I just worked on sides and treats. But I had to clean! So there!

Last night we braved the cold and crowds to watch SB dance at Glendale Glitters. It was fun, once we got our hot cocoa and a place to sit to watch her dance. Before that? Way too many people for me. It was sooooo crowded. Not my type of scene. Overpriced trinkets and mobs of people are not my thing. The lights were pretty, but you couldn't really stop moving to see anything because people would run you over. But, we enjoyed watching her dance. My mom and FIL went with us, and the Princess and FE did really well even staying awake since she didn't dance until 9 PM.

I'm off to get the house and myself ready for the big shindig. Have a lovely day!!