Dance Festival

So we were getting ready to go to the dance festival Friday night and I ran upstairs to grab some diapers. When I came back down this is what I found...

She has never done that before. She doesn't really climb on anything except up on the couch or on a chair. Apparently she took the step stool I leave in the kitchen, pushed it up against the trash can, climbed on the stool then on the trash can and finally up onto the counter. I thought it was creative and showed just how smart she is. It was also very cute! So I snapped a picture!

Melody loved the dance festival! Most of the night she stood on my lap or one of my parents and danced the night away. Two of our cousins were in a basketball dance to the song "Get Your Head in the Game," from High School Musical. After it was over Melody kept asking for Austin. When the show was over she was so excited to see him. Here are some photos from the night.

Melody rockin' out!

Pointing excitedly! "Mommy look!"

Watching intently!

She was so interested in the dances that every time

I would try to take her picture she would turn her body

toward me but keep her eyes on the field!

Since the show started after she is normally in bed

we saw many of these throughout the night

Finally I was able to get her smiling! She's not looking at the camera but I was trying all night to catch her pure joy on camera . When is comes to taking pictures of our kids sometimes we just have to take what we can get! Despite my failed attempts to get the perfect picture of her we all had an enjoyable night and made many memories as a family!