A word or two and a hunderd pictures by Ballet Mom

So this weekend was my first real experience being Ballet Mom, a variant of Soccer Mom, Gymnastics Mom or the such. The Princess had 4 shows over the weekend and with the theater being far from our home, one ends up living in the theater for two afternoons and evenings with a packed picnic to fill the ballerina tummies. The show was based on the movies and was brilliantly put together as the dancing school not only presents ballet but also modern dancing, Spanish dancing, hip-hop and ballroom. What really was the best moment of the show was a classical ballet show with Michael Jackson's "The way you make me feel" as the music. Ok, no, the highlight was of course our Princess as one of the "Barbie and the 12 dancing princesses".

I have also learned that any self respecting Ballet Mom knows:

• That La Pebras gel can whip any hairstyle into a ballerina bun
• Good hairspray still works best to keep that bun in place in conjunction with a hair net.
• You can not have enough hairpins, extra pairs of tights or extra hairnets
• A sowing kit by chance in my bag saved us from 3 costume failures.
• Even if there are professional make-up artists,there will be a make up failure somewhere in the troupe.
• Not many woman have true red lipstick in their handbags - I was the only one in 12 moms. The rest have pink or orange or brown.
• You can never have enough make-up glitter on a 6 year old.
• You can keep 12 6 year olds busy with a bag of crayons and scrap office paper for hours.
• But if you start to read a story out loud all creativity will be abandoned.
• One in 12 ballerinas will need to go to the bathroom after being dressed despite taking all to the bathroom before dressing them.
• And because they are not allowed to eat while in costume they will mysteriously get very hungry just before going on stage.
• Even 6 year olds get a serious adrenaline rush before going on stage.

And a always, the story in pictures:

Stretching backstage with the big girls.

Our successful first concert Makes my Monday.

Playing along with Cheryl.