Andi's Pink Ballet Uniform

My daughter's favorite colors are pink and purple, I think that's one of the reasons she liked ballet..  Her ballet uniform is all pink, pink shoes, pink belt, pink leotards, pink stockings and pink skirt!  But now that she's up a level, she'll be wearing a blue belt..  

 An entry for:

Halili-Cruz School of Ballet

After watching Andi's recital, I now have new respect for ballerinas.  With their astounding performance, you’ll never get bored watching them.  I love the way they add emotions through their face expressions, it made the dance more intense!   Their refined poise, the simultaneous steps, their tip toes and colorful costumes.

By the way, you don’t need to be thin to be a ballerina.  There are also big sized women in the recital and they are so good!  I don’t know they can jump and tip toe but they surely can!

The recitalists for The National Anthem.

Andi's Dance, Petit Polka

Aren't they cute?!  We weren't able to take pictures of this one girl (she's at the other side), it was really funny because she was trying to fix her ballet shoe throughout the dance!  It was a little sad for the parents that she didn't dance but we were entertained, everyone was clapping and laughing.  

These are the other recitalists from different school branches and schools such as POVEDA and St. Mary's Q.C.  

There were a lot more but we were in awe as we were watching so we forgot to take more pictures. 

The ballerinas with the teachers Ms. Shirley Halili-Cruz, Ms. Grace Garalde-Perez and Ms. Anna Kathrina Cruz

My little girl was so happy and proud. 

Seeing Andi's smile makes it all worth while..

"Celebration of Dance 2011"

Andi's Ballet Recital was moved to March 31 because the seats were all occupied, though lots of parents weren’t able to get one even though they paid for them already.  And we were one of them..  So they extended the recital for the other recitalists who didn’t get seats. 

Oh Thank God!  I went to Halili at 8 in the morning to get in line for the seats, they didn’t give us numbers so I waited until the releasing time which is 1:30 pm!  Huhuhu!  That was a tiring day, waiting, I had no one to talk to, my phone wasn’t charged!  Oh well, it was worth it, we got the best seats in the house! J 

We just had another problem though, who’s going to take care of Khloe???? We were required to have an official yaya to be with Andi in the dressing room as the room will be packed with kids and other yayas.  But I only have one yaya, and she’s Khloe’s yaya.. L  It’s a good thing my mom volunteered to be with Andi, she was supposed to watch Andi with us at the theater, Thanks ma!

Now we’re excited!!

Andi’s Dance is called “Petit Polka”.

Things to bring:

1. Costume

2. Bouquet

3. Tickets

4. Claim Stub (book)

My excited little girl!

We were asked to bring bouquet of flowers for the recitalists but there were two sisters who forgot to bring their flowers.. I felt really sad for them because they were the only ones who didn't bring flowers, they were just given a few from the other bouquets.. so sad..

Andi's Week-Long Rehearsal!

For about 2 weeks, we were at Halili-Cruz School of Ballet for Andi's rehearsals and pictorial.  I know, it was a tiring week but knowing Andi and her love for dance/ballet, it was worth it! 

Andi enjoyed the whole week, seeing her friend and dancing ballet.  She’s excited everyday… Never gets tired of it.

The general rehearsal, teaching them how to take a bow.  Cute little girls!! :)

Their pictorial. 

The costume, i love their costume!  It suits them pretty, little girls.  Even the kids loved it!  The parents were asked to stay outside..

Sick Andi

My little princess is not feeling well...  She had a tummy ache slight fever this morning, so we gave her Dolan, I gave her a warm bath (my pedia recommends warm bath even when our kids have fever, it helps lower down their fever), gave her milk and then put her to sleep.  

Hubby and I went straight to the badminton court 'cause we thought she's doing well already, but my mom kept on calling and texting as she was so worried about Andi.  Then off we went home, checked on Andi immediately.  She has no more fever but she said her tummy’s still aching, so her dad massaged her tummy and told him she’s okay. 

Then, I asked her if she still want to go to her ballet practice, she said “Yes”.  I told her over and over that it’s alright if she can’t go to her practice because she needs to rest more, because she might not be able to dance ‘cause she’s still weak, but she insisted!  She still wants to practice!  She just loves ballet so much.. 

Up to now, we’re still not sure if her tummy ache was real or not.  We thought, maybe she just wants more of our attention??  Oh well, it’s better than having a real tummy ache.. Okay, more time for our little ate.. She’s the one who needs it the most..  It’s a good thing kuya Kian understands and Khloe is still a baby! Hehehe! 

Andi's Pictorial for the Recital

Woke up early again today for Andi's class pictorial for the recital.  They're so adorable!!!  

I can see that even the kids loved it 'cause everyone was posing and smiling and having a really good time at the pictorial,  parents are not allowed to go inside, it will be too chaotic!  Hahaha! 

I love love their costume!! 

It's gonna be a tiring week, she'll be rehearsing all week..