Tori had her first debut in a hip-hop performance to the Cheetah-Girls at her performance last week with the local dance studio. She did so awesome, especially considering it to be her first experience with any kind of dance lessons and she joined the class late in the season!
She loved dressing up in her bright orange top with sequins and matching silver stretch pants. Of course, the glittery belt and silver armbands just made the outfit complete! She really felt like a "diva" and gladly posed for the camera and for passing cars and for her sisters and for anyone else who she thought might be watching.
I'm just thankful that she hasn't asked to wear the outfit out but instead has agreed to use it as dress-up, unlike some of her fellow dance-classmates. I overheard a few other moms at the dance studio talking about how they have allowed their daughters to wear the outfit (or parts of it) to school. I can not believe that people would agree to a first-grader's request to use this outfit as their school attire!
One mom told her daughter that the problem with wearing it to school was that the orange top is sleeveless and "the school likes to have the kids wear shirts with sleeves. But you can wear it with a shirt underneath, if you want." And that is her only issue with the outfit being used asher daughter's regular clothes?! Then the other mom said, "But not with the dance shoes right?" When the first mom responded with, "Oh, no. Definitely not with the dance shoes; they're not appropriate. She'll have to wear her sandals or something else."
