2022 Mark of Excellence dance competition

This weekend marked the last dance competition for the year!!  Next is Nationals!

Cora May danced Friday night and Saturday night... and I have to say - it was the longest couple days ever!!!  Cora has unfortunately been fighting a terrible cold - chest cold.  I actually told her if it's not better in a couple days, we'll go to the doc to get checked out.  (She's been sniffling and coughing hard for about 7 days now.)

Anyway, she danced her trio Friday night...  you could see it in all the girls' eyes - they were tired.  Friday nights are HARD!  But they did awesome, actually felt like it was one of their best!

We got home around 9:00 and got some rest. 

Saturday we rested in the morning, then went to Kayson's 2nd baseball game.  She was less than thrilled, but it was important to me.  Then we headed to the venue...  we got there early so I could get her hair and make up done (actually, she does 90% of her makeup!)  Then we waited... always that "hurry up and wait" thing!!  The Petites did their Level Up, and Little Birds - and they were all great.  Very proud of them.  

Then there was more waiting... unfortunately a storm rolled through and the internet went down - so there was an extra long wait... and I think it hit all the girls hard.  Cora was a mess - she actually rested her head on my shoulder for about 30 minutes, coughing and just wiped out.  I felt so bad... and just wanted to get her home.  

Awards were at 10:00 pm.  TOO LATE for 9 year olds.  We fought through it, and she slept the entire way home...  

So proud of her and how she handled everything.  Yes, she was crabby, but overall, she fought through it, and I'm glad that portion of competitions are over.  Nationals is next up, and we are looking forward to it!

Clap Snap - 2nd place, Platinum

Level Up - 1st place, Platinum

Little Birds - 1st place, Platinum

With our friend Zaylee!!

Cora loves SnapChat filters.  :)

Our Cora's - Lil A and Big T!

So tired, she could barely eat!!

Thank you Jess for taking this pic.

She perked up with some of the big girls - Ella and Braylin