Practicing for something special

I don’t attend a ton of weddings these days. Most of my friends are married or not married and they aren’t really in a getting married stage of life. We happen to have three wedding this summer which is three more than we usually attend. Add to this interesting experience, Jordan gets to be a…

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VIDEO: Getting a peek into the recital

Each year there’s a process as we get closer to Jordan’s big dance recital. There’s the fall when the class gets to know each other and learns a holiday dance to perform on a small stage. Then the spring is focused on the big recital in May. Jordan’s class this year knows their dance pretty…

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Preview of the holidays

Jordan and her dance class are planning for the holiday dance recital. Unfortunately, she won’t be able to perform at the recital because it’s the same weekend as when we’re in Chicago building her next helper arm. She’s bummed about missing the performance, she’s excited about building a new helper that she’ll be able to…

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Why we're going armless at the dance recital

I’ve been really impressed with Jordan’s use of her helper arm at dance class lately. It’s especially useful during the ballet half of her class. But after watching Jordan rehearse for the winter recital… I’m pretty sure we’re going to go arm free. She spent most of the dance repositioning the arm and missing steps.…

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