When daughters take up dancing, it's the parents who have to make the journey with them.   Support does not only mean paying the fees on time, sending them to classes, going for the open days to watch how the class is progressing ....... it means countless of other things as well. This is Nura's first *real* ballet costume, with a real tutu. To be selected as a competition soloist requires serious commitment from her, it's not just playing at being ballerina anymore. Though she did well, she did not get the best marks in the exams, but the selection for a competition dancer means more than just marks or technical superiority. Nura had a classmate who was enormously talented, but she quaked and cried from the stress of public performances and competition, she would have nightmares and sleepwalk. We leave it up to Sharon as she knows best which child is mentally capable of being in competition. She says it's all about the long run, about the child and parent being disciplined enough and especially the child being hungry or focused enough to want to do this. A pretty face, pointy toes, a perfect proportion does not make a dancer.
 
Whether Nura wins or not is not so much an issue because we know she will gain a tremendous amount of experience from  the competition being able to see how much better the other dancers are. We expect the competition in  her category of Under 13years to be very stiff, she knows it. Students from the Halili Cruz Dance School of the Philippines are stunning, fabulous dancers and every year they literally sweep the prizes for the soloists.

This is another step towards SOTA. Not many dancers in Singapore get the chance to dance in competition solos and this will be an interesting addition to Nura's resume for the SOTA March auditions next year.

Today I need to start beading the body of the costume. Just in case you didn't know, beautiful costumes don't just appear like magic *LOL* ........ the moms, the aunts, grandmothers, the odd dad or two, all help. It really does take a community of parents to make dancers look beautiful.


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How about a card ? A Made With Love DT project ...........







Papers are Cloud 9s glitter paper Cocao Mint, Daisy Ds and Webster Pages. Word Sticker by Autumn Leaves, flowers are Prima and Imagenisce and mu favourite Foof-a-la buttons.  Thanks for stopping by !



It's confirmed :

I have ONE Advance Altered class at Simei CC on the 26th August 2.30 to 5.30pm

And I start again at Made With Love in October to feature a Luxe products class and another for a mini-album.

The title ......  done !!!








Thanks for coming by !!!

Today I feel great !!!
This is done ...... laundry the bane of all moms working or staying home !!!








Every school day I get up at 5.40am to get breakfast ready for Stasha. Both our girls are *breakfast* people, we know not everyone is used to having food so early in the morning, but Stasha and Nura need it the first thing they get up. In Secondary school, recess times change from term to term and on some months, Stasha's recess could be as late as 10.45.
Imagine not having anything to eat till then ? 

After a quick Asian breakfast of noodles, rice porridge or rice in soup Thai style, we leave home usually at 6.20 for the 25 minutes drive to  school.

Once I am home, in the mornings I like to get going the scrapbook projects, check emails, check the message boards, make phone calls or appointments for the week.







Nura has lunch at 11am and then we drive to school at 11.45.


This afternoon  I will be putting together this week's DT kits for Made With Love, can't wait to see what products are available !!!
The day is starting out cool, slightly overcast over the East Coast.
I hope your day is shaping up great !

The Pathlight School Carnival !



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Happy girls .........








Dancing ............







Oh I am exhausted ................. nite !!!!