Belle

The students were invited to wear their Halloween costumes to dance class yesterday so we were able to do a dry run.  M went as Princess Belle.  There was a lot of crying and complaining as I put her hair up and wrestling around as I put the earrings on.  It was the funniest sight to see this little princess crying her eyes out as she looked at the finished product in the mirror.  I asked, "do you like it?"  She replied, with tears streaming down her face, "I love it, mom."  I was laughing so hard.  I told her that it is painful to be beautiful and she agreed.  You couldn't guess from this picture that just minutes before she was crying her eyes out!

Then when we arrived at dance class, the other two girls were also dressed as princesses!  They were so cute!  Their teacher was wearing a pretty costume too.  What a beautiful ballet troupe they made!

We are headed to Space Center Houston tonight for a JSC party for the kids.  C took the kids last year and they had a ball.  They have different stations where they do different things and hand out trinkets.  There are games and food and lots of fun things going on.  I missed last year because of class.  This year I don't have class until 8 so I can go for about 2 1/2 hours with them before I have to head out.  (I'd just skip class but we are doing a review for our midterm next Tuesday.  Don't want to miss that one!)  O remembers the same party last year at SCH and is looking forward to it.  M is just excited to be Belle again.  I wonder how many tears we'll have today?  Maybe by Friday she'll be used to it and won't cry!  

More photos of tonight's party and Halloween later in the week.