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As many of you know, Emma Cate will be dancing in the ballet "Cinderella" at the end of this month. So before the ballet, The Longview Ballet Theatre and a group called Piroutte put on a tea before the ballet to get all of the little girls in town excited about the upcoming performance. All of the ballerinas wear their costumes and the little girls put on their best dresses and arrive for a fairytale like event. Emma Cate invited her little friend Allie to go with us and they arrived to be greeted by the wicked step-mother (in picture above). They next were off to take their picture in Cinderella's carriage. As they entered the home they had their picture made with the fairy godmother and were given a pointe shoe. The other company dancers were inside to sign thier shoes. The girls had so much fun walking around getting signatures of the dancers in full costume and make-up. They sat down for a little tea party and then were read the story, Cinderella. We next went outside where the girls had a lot of fun playing games. All of the little girls in her dance class were there and they were able to get their picture made with the big girls. We had a very lovely time and Emma Cate has not quit talking about it!
You guessed it! The hubs turned the bigh 4-0 on Saturday! We woke up and had a birthday breakfast and then spent the rest of the day at the soccer fields! We had 2 games and pictures! After cleaning up we had a big birthday celebration at Papacitas. We invited all of the family from both sides and had everybody come! We also had one family of good friends come also! It was a blast getting to see everybody! They had a big banquet room ready for us, that was big enough for 10 screaming kids! Seriously, it was perfect so all the kids could come and celebrate the big day, too! I think Brian had a hard time turning 40, so I didn't do anything too mean! After all I will be next!
