can i have my cookie now? can i have my cookie now? CAN I HAVE MY COOKIE NOW?

last night was "daddy & me" dance night for lottie sue's dance class. matt is in dc so she was daddyless, but leave it megan to save the day! megan was subbing in for rachel's husband and she took lottie sue under her wing as well. it was a melee. excellent blog material.

megan was uber excited about the prospect of dancing in her tutu with her ballet shoes (from way back when - college). she looked the part (a super pretty ballerina!!!), but the kids wore her out. it was like herding cats. rachel and i enjoyed the show from afar.

lottie's teacher, miss melissa, let the girls know that at the end of class they got a cookie. once lottie sue heard this she could do NOTHING but think/want/focus on cookies. she had cookies on the brain, yo. she would dance a little then run over to me (or another mom, her teacher - anyone, really) and ask "can i have my cookie now?" in her sweet little voice. i know she asked me 8 times for it. i am not kidding - ask rachel.

i had rowdy with me (asleep) and i was trying to video tape the class plus take photos and it was hard for me to keep her in check. early on i gave up and decided to laugh about it. one time she actually had her hand in the cookie jar (ok, it was a covered plate) - again, not kidding - ask rachel.

here are the photos i took last night - enjoy!

here we have lottie sue with megan and june behind her

yes, i know how cute this is

tip tip tippy toes

plie, lottie style

iris gets in to action (june's big sis)

lottie sue running over to me to ask about the cookie situation

it's funny, lottie sue sticks that tongue out if she is concentrating on something. see?

love her

during one part of class they dance with a stuffed animal. this evening lottie picked mickey mouse.

hugs all around

i love this photo, usually miss melissa has to corral lottie a lot. if they are dancing in a line, lottie is usually somewhere else in the room investigating something or chatting someone up. if her teacher had a dime for every time she had to get lottie back in line she'd have $1 every tuesday night.

this move really got her attention and she went along with it! no corralling needed.


then it was time for taps but i am a horrible mother and left her dance bag at home. i will never forget again. lottie loves tap because she gets to stomp around and make lots of noise. here she is with miss melissa - she is finally starting to do the moves correctly. i am very proud.

ball beat move

i would guess in this photo megan was looking for june

megan about to break out her jazz hands

here we have lottie sue jumping in the air - that's elevation, holmes

megan and june play around

this is lottie after i told her she had to
wait for cookies, she almost cried

megan, ballerina princess

lottie sue, june and iris

megan holds lottie during a break

AND FINALLY - LOTTIE GETS HER COOKIE. she was so happy, she showed it to everyone.

right as rain

here is a shot of our ballerinas. adorable squared!

happy happy happy

and a shot of me with miss thang, eating her cookie.

nom nom nom nom nom

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alrighty, short post tonight. over and out.