Bolt and a Ballet Exam..........

I am feeling alot better today ~ after spending almost the whole day in bed yesterday ~ I won't go into too many details (incase you are having your dinner ha ha !!) ~ but lets just say it was not nice.....thankfully it seems to be just a 24 hour bug and even more thankfully ~ my 2 little stars seem unaffected (for the moment ~ fingers crossed).

Since I felt back in the land of the living today ~ I decided to take the children for a suprise little treat (you will be glad to hear that I used my nest egg to pay for this!!) ~ I took them to Mcdonalds and then we went to see the film BOLT (see the picture above!!). We all really enjoyed it and laughed alot ~ just what we needed ~ the children had popcorn and fizzy drinks and icecream and sweets ~ ah well ~ I am sure that one day spent eating total junk will not kill them ~ and they will be back to healthy eating tomorrow. I did not partake in any of the treats or the Mcdonalds ~ not because I was being a diet saint ~ but because I still did not feel totally 100% and decided not to push things with junk ha ha !! I did not want to risk any bad effects happening while I was sitting in the cinema (tee hee!!).

Lauren had her Ballet exam this morning ~ she was soooo nervous (bless her little heart) and she spent alot of the day yesterday practising and bouncing around the place ~ I had a bedside ballet display while I lay there dying (tee hee ~ I am such a wimp!!). Her exams are all finished now and I think that she has done well ~ the principle of the school who was marking the exam came out after and mouthed to me "She is so beautiful" ~ so I take that as a good sign. We were in a major rush this morning and Laurens hair bun would just not go as planned ~ so I am afraid that there are no photos from today ~ but here are the pictures from just before we left for the Hiphop and Tap and Modern exams..........



I am getting better at the hair buns......and the frilly hair accessories always help to hide the not so perfect bits!!!!

Ready for the hip hop exam ~ looking all mean and moody ~ ready to dance her little heart out!

(this was the longest exam ~ 45 minutes).

All ready for Tap and Modern ~ the combined exams lasted an hour ~ but she seemed ok with it ~ although she did come out and say "that was hard!!"

My little dancing star!!

Thankfully we have another full year before the next round of exams ~ I am not sure how long we will have to wait for the results ~ they have to be sent off to be checked and marked ~ but I will keep you posted.

Next we have the dance show to get ready for ~ Lauren starts rehearsals for this next weekend and is excited to start learning the new dances and find out what costumes she will wear this year.

Not alot else to report ~ Hope your weekend is going well so far. XXX