December 4, 2008

Opening Night

Phew...We made it. Our little ballerina is in bed before 11:00 and the show was FANTASTIC! I (of course) had tears in my eyes - if I may say so myself she looked absolutely beautiful on stage and SO HAPPY - honestly the look in her eyes was amazing!

Today was a "normal day" no crazy let downs, freaky fevers or need to super hero dads to swoop in! All went as planned! We did have to leave early for the show because of weather concerns - but the drive went fine and Lauren and I got to stop at Anthony's Pizza for dinner before getting to the theater. Anthony's is probably Colorado's closest thing to New York Style Pizza (I prefer Big Bills though) - Anyway at Anthony's the pizza is as big as Lauren's head...I promise
And yet this skinny minny can polish off the whole piece!
However I would not recommend the Garlic Bread with Cheese...Where's the cheese?

Back Stage on opening night, no nerves, no jitters just Lauren and her book...(and annoyed glance at mom for taking her picture YET again.

I can't take pictures or video during the show - but we do get to purchase a video. I am waiting till I see all the shows to choose which night I want a video of and when we get it I will post some snippits! Hopefully it doesn't take to long to arrive.

Thanks to Paige, Heather and Nicole for braving the weather and coming out to the show! Lauren was SUPER happy that the girls came down to see her backstage - she talked about it on the way home and I think it made her feel special!

Tomorrow we do it all over again - twice! 4:30 and 7:30 - call time 3:00! I can't wait (really I can't)

7 comments:

Laura said...

She looks lovely with her hair pulled back and her leotard.

Deanna said...

Her hair is soooo super cute! That pizza looks very yummy...and I agree where was the cheese!

Alicia said...

Can't wait to see it tonight! We are very EXCITED!

Paige said...

I'm so glad seeing the girls made her happy, I was worried it might make her more nervous. The show was excellent, Heather couldn't take her eyes off of it and she kept leaning over to tell me what was coming next. I didn't know she even knew the story. Nicole liked telling me how all the stuff backstage was happeing, make-up, props....

The Bailey Family said...

Oh man...I bet the show was great -Lauren looked adorable, and that pizza just makes me hungry!!

Bonnie said...

I'm glad it went well..what a great friend I am..haven't even checked in with you, but I was thinking about you and Lauren. I'm so glad it went so well. We are so excited to see her tomorrow!

Shannon (muzbeecrazy.com) said...

How exciting!! I love the pic of her backstage. She is so stinkin' cute!