Gingerbread Houses and Dance Recitals

The Wednesday before school got out for winter break Kaiya's class made gingerbread houses (with graham crackers). I went and helped the kids which was a blast. I remember making the houses in school when I was in 2nd grade and it brought back some fun memories. The kids had a lot of icing and candy and I am not sure if by the end of the day some of them had more in their tummies then on their houses.

This was also a busy week for Kaiya. I had taken her out of the dance place that she went last year and switched her to a new place. One of the reasons for switching was that it was so hard to wait all year for one dance recital. I wanted to see what was going on more than the once a year production. I heard really good things about the place I switched her to. I am so glad I did. They have a Christmas production and I was impressed with the time that went into it. For the past month they had rehearsals on Saturdays. There was a full dress rehearsal on the Wednesday night before the show. Thursday Kaiya performed her hip hop dance and Friday she did her tap/ballet dance. Kaiya did a great we were so proud of her. The minute she walks in the door from school until the time she goes to bed she is dancing around the house. She was the girl in the hip hop dance that the kids would watch because she knew the dance well from all the practicing she did.