The annual ballet recital was Sunday. The girls were cool as cucumbers — see  the photos above and below (taken just moments before the performance) for proof. But I was a wreck. I knew it didn’t matter a bit, what happened on stage. This particular studio rents the fanciest space in town for its recital, […]

Today’s the day the teddy bears have their picnic. It’s Sophie’s first ballet recital. Annabelle’s a veteran of the stage — she’ll be performing twice, ballet and jazz (my mother the ballet purist was slightly horrified by the latter, til she saw Annabelle rehearsing) — but for Sophie, this is only the beginning. Or perhaps […]