"Have a Holly Jolly Christmas"

That's right, BigM had her very first ballet recital. Of course, no questions asked, hands down, BigM was the best one up there. (I dare you to doubt me.) Okay, they were all incredibly adorable, even the little girl who flashed the audience. (Maybe especially the little girl who flashed the audience?)

BigM's class did their routine (if you can even call it that) to Holly Jolly Christmas, which is my very favorite Christmas song- bonus!

Let's hit the highlights first- a bunch of seven year olds shook what they don't got yet to "Santa, Baby" (I kind of wanted to poke my eyeballs out after watching it), we may or may not have been watching the dress rehersal seeing as there were many, many "do overs" and my BigM was the only 3 year old in her class that actually did the dance. I'm not exactly sure what that means (either she was born for the stage or just a really good listener?)

We (my mom, DM's mom and I) dropped $25 total for 3 carnations and some leftover Christmas tree clippings and 2 stuffed animals but BigM got flowers for her fantastic performance.

I know, I know... get on with it. All you really want to see are the pictures.

That's her, front and center. (This is only a guess here, but if you recall, I did say she was the best one...)

A few action shots:

And afterwards, her whole class got pictures taken with Santa, who you actually can't see in this photo. Who needs to see Santa when you've got all that cuteness staring you in the face?
(And don't ask me for a video- that's just pushing it. You know you're very lucky to have these pictures on here.)