and she danced.

"o man, learn how to dance,

or the angels will not know what to do with you."

st. augustine

emmie had a recital last weekend. and she danced...

the performance was great, but no one enjoyed it more that our littlest ballerina. she turned around to smile at me with delight so often that i was afraid she was going to miss too much of the performance. she was especially proud of her big sissie...

her big sissie who i overheard earlier in the day answer the question "who is your best friend?" by saying, "definitely my little sister." be still my beating heart.

as i was snapping photos of the girls backstage, em was exasperated by my picture-taking and the hovering that accompanied it. thus, this photo...

all i can say is "like mother, like daughter"...