Happy Chinese New Year!

What a wonderful--

Awe inspiring

and

Absolutely exhausting Day!

My lovely girls dressed to the nines!

Excited for thier very first on-stage performance! 

The past year or so Josie has exclaimed that

she wants to dance on stage with other Chinese girls.

Today she did!

Scoping out our seats in the auditorium. 

In the staging room with our

good friend Claire.

Does Josie look like she's ready to take on the

world or what?!! 

A picture with their beloved teacher, Mei Mei. 

Practicing thier songs and dance. 

Let's not forget the lipstick and blush!

So grown up! 

Anothe picture with some of their best buds--

Grace and Claire. 

The group. 

Backstage, performers next in line. 

On with the show! 

Stars on stage! 

Clara Rose wanted me to stay backstage where she could look back and see me.

The girls were nervous during practice-- Josie would not practice saying

her name in Chinese.

Clara Rose would run out of line to me every 5-minutes.

During the performance, they both did everything perfectly!

Most importantly, they were all smiles through the performance and afterward!

I hope to have some pictures from in front of the stage in the next few days.

They have another performance next weekend!

Happy Year of the Dragon!