K's first BIG ice skating competition is coming up. She is excited and confident - I am a nervous wreck. She has worked really hard, though. Whatever happens at the competition, I know the experience of working to get there has been incredibly valuable. Now I just fear that her hopes will be dashed if she doesn't place well.
I taped her practice today on my little digital still camera. I only get 30 seconds of video at a time, so I just caught 2 chunks of her 1:30 program. It's not her best practice, but she also had to dodge hockey players ;-) Still, I think she looks pretty good!
She is Belle, from Beauty and the Beast. She is skating to the music from the opening scenes of the Disney movie, where Belle dances, sings, and READS through the town. It's truly a perfect choice for K. Her costume is a lovely gold, sparkly thing - I'll get pictures of that in the next couple of days.
(Sigh - I cannot get Blogger to let me upload a video :-( I was hoping to stop using Youtube for this. Oh well.. here's the Youtube link.)
I wanted to post this video to show you all how she is skating these days, but also to show what our days look like. We spend 4 afternoons/week at the rink now, and K usually practices for about 2 hours at a time. I spend 8 hours/week watching her like this! Thank goodness they have free wifi :-) Now that I have a new laptop, perhaps I can blog more from there! LOL
Wednesday, October 24, 2007
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Ami and I enjoyed the video. She has improved tremendously. She looks like she owns the ice and confidence shows through.
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