Cran's big show was yesterday afternoon.
I was so extremely proud of my big girl.
She had been so very, very excited for this big day. Faith had been so very excited for this big day. And, Dan and I had been so very excited for this big day. We gave her her bouquet of flowers in the morning, and she told Dan "Daddy, I love you. Thank you so much. They are beauuuuutiful!" Nene and Grampa also got her some flowers, and she thought this was just great.
The show was at Exeter Sr. High School. Cran had packed her backpack full of "activities" to do with her little girl friends. It was so sweet. Tia Rosa had brought her some make-up before the show and she had been in heaven with her body glitter and eye shadow. She took these in her backpack and was putting body glitter on all of her little friends. She had also packed some grapes, tortilla chips, ponies, and crayons with a notepad. Needless to say, all of the little girls were enthralled with Maddie's things and they all kept busy. I got her ready, and it was so strange leaving her when they had to line up for the show. I've never left her anywhere. I was so excited though to get out to the auditorium and watch my Cran in action.
Little Breezer got hungry after the first dance, and Maddie's tap dance was #6 in the first half. So, I went to the back and rocked Abrie as best as I could (didn't work too well!) to try and make it to Maddie's dance so that I could see her. I got teary-eyed when I saw her little shadow being led out to her spot by Miss Melissa. She was always at the head of the line. I felt an overwhelming sense of pride. That was MY little girl in her first show. I didn't care if Abrie was still fussy or not, I rushed down there to see her and was just hit with a flood of emotions. I was just so darn proud of her-- her singing, her dancing, her personality-- just my little Crannie. It seemed as though I flashed back to when she was just as small as her baby sister- her Breezer- and now I was watching my 4-year old Crannie dancing up on stage in front of hundreds of people.
'Waltzing Matilda' was awesome too in the second half. I felt so guilty though that I had to rush so much to bring her out to the auditorium to watch the rest of the first half, and then rush to leave her again after intermission to go feed Abrie and then make sure Beebster was OK, etc. In fact, my one complaint about the entire afternoon was in the form of more guilt that I couldn't be back there right away with her after their ballet dance. We were all exiting the auditorium literally minutes after Maddie's 2nd dance (when I told her I would be back to get her), and we see Maddie coming in to the auditorium all by herself. Her eyes were holding back tears, and she just told me "Momma, I missed you" and almost started crying. I am still furious that nobody realized my Cran had just left the dressing room, and am just relieved that she was alright.
All in all though, it was an awesome experience. I know she will never forget her first stage show. And, Dan and I certainly will not either.
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