My daughter doesn't get the same attention for her activities that her brother gets all the time. He plays sports and has games one to three times a week, but she took music and dance classes - a year of work leading up to one big performance. Last weekend she had her music program on Saturday and a dance recital on Sunday - it was her turn to shine, and she did a great job!

She has been taking music lessons at Children's Music Academy for the last couple of years - if you have CMA in your area, I highly recommend it for a great training in music. At the program, the children played group piano pieces, solos (including a song that they each composed for the old rhyme "Pease Porridge Hot"), and ensemble pieces with piano, glockenspiel, and triangle or tambourine. They also sang a few songs. Here are a couple of pictures of her performing - one on piano and one with the glock:

Then at her dance recital, she did a really nice job, too. Here she is with her best friend who came to watch the performance with us:

Finally, her ballet dance - which was her favorite, and she did so well. She is so graceful, and I love her positions in this. (She's the second from the left.)