Ballet Folklorico

Lately,during the evenings when we walk out into our frontyard, DJ has been noticing the Ballet Folklorico dancers in the plaza practicing. It finally dawned on me that I should maybe check and see if she was old enough to participate. So I made contact and found out she was plenty old enough. We began going to practice last week and Elle also couldn't sit still during practice either. She would stand up and do the dances too and was doing them pretty well. So the instructor said both of them should dance.

So there was a big festival in Ajo today for the International Day of Peace, which is the event they've been practicing for. When Norma, the coordinator, told me she wanted the girls to walk in the parade and dance already, I thought she was crazy. But I went ahead and let them do it. To my surprise, they were awesome! I couldn't believe how well they did. It was so much fun and I can't wait until their next performance- at the State fair in November.

Here are some pictures of their first performance.

Walking in the parade with a good friend (who I used to babysit before I had my own girls about 7 years ago!):


Waiting for the performance time, playing with friends:


Getting tired of waiting... hot and tired:


Our house is right by the plaza (the town square), which is why DJ saw and heard the dancers practicing in the evenings. Ours' is the third house in, cream colored, behind the palm tree:








Let the dancing begin:










DJ preparing for the next dance:


I couldn't have been any more proud. The girls danced after only a short time of practice in front of probably 300 people! It was also a lot of fun watching my parents' and Caleb's reactions to the girls. Afterwards, we all went over to The Ranch House for dinner with my parents. It was a fun day.