THE DRESS Has Arrived

I think the only dress fitting I ever attended was for my wedding dress (although I was measured many times by my mom, who made most of my dresses growing up).

Janae, though--at age four--has already been fitted for a very special dress . . . and it was entrusted to me yesterday (with strict instructions that Janae is not to wear it until her dance pictures this weekend, and then her dressed rehersal and performance at the end of this month).

 

Anyway, Janae and the other girls in her Little Steps class were measured back in November, and they have been talking about their costumes ever since. In fact, some of the other girls' moms have admitted that visions of THE DRESS are what's kept their girls coming out to ballet every week.

 

They are all dying to wear these glittery blue tutus on stage :)

 

Of course, with sparkly blue dresses come high ponytails with ringlets, false eyelashes, and red lipstick . . . so we've got a bit of practicing to do over the next little while.

We tried out the sponge curlers last night (apparently the only way to get ringlets on little girls). Janae was up at 2 a.m., and by 4:00 I agreed to take out the curlers, just so we could all get a couple of hours of sleep.

 

The effect was still pretty good, even after playing outside for an hour (which is when these pictures were taken).

 

 

Anyway, now that THE DRESS is actually in our home (with Janae walking by my closet to look at it several times a day), we are getting pretty excited to see Janae's Snowflake dance . . . or whatever the three- and four-year-old girls actually do once they get onto the stage.

It will be a dream come true for Janae :)