The Main Characters

The Man (of the House): The love of my life. Severely addicted to books (that take up WAYYYY too much space in our house) and raw garlic. We've been married 15 years, but involved for many more. Long story....

Our Kids:
SC: Age 14. Book addicted like both her parents. Serious, but with a nice sense of humor. Well mannered in the eyes of the world, but at home,it can be another story--she's a teenager(!)

JR: Age 10 I think of her as a Disney Princess's evil twin. All the eccentricity of both sides of the family wrapped up in a sweet little body and an adorable smile. People find her a darling. I do too, but I also find her exhausting!

The Beasts: Our 2 cats, both adopted from animal rescue. "Bart" is a big, solid black, total teddy bear of a cat. Our brown tabby queeen "Bella" is in love with The Man, though she seems to like me too!

Me: Children's librarian by day, tired keeper of all of the above by night. When I think of my life, I think of Nicole Hollander (Sylvia)'s immortal line about things that are easier than combining a family and a career. Like swimming the Amazon covered in peanut butter....

No Frills, No Fluff. Just Dancing.

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posted Fri, 06/19/09

If you go to YouTube and put in "ballet recital" you will find endless home movies of little girls tricked out in fancy schmancy tutus and the like, but few of them are really dancing.
(And I say that as someone who DOES!)

JR is not wearing a fancy costume here. There's NO makeup--Lynne forbids them from wearing any sort of makeup on stage. They're beautiful little girls and they don't need it.

Aside from the second dance's masks and the wonderful hairdo (and WHY did she take it down before I could get a still picture?), this is just 3 little girls dancing. They need no gimmicks!

In the first video, JR is on your left. (Sorry for the poor camera angles. Blame the Man )
I've danced this dance. It truly IS "Super Speedy":