The recital

She did it. She had her first recital. Can I say, that she not only performed the song the best she's ever done, but she clearly performed the best in her class. Here are a few pics from the recital, but there are more on my flickr. They're kinda blurry because it was really dark in the room. Once we figure out how to upload videos onto the computer, I'll post that, too.

It was the funniest performance ever. There are 4 girls, Ellie, Hailey, Emily (another Korean girl who's 3 1/2) and Linda (a blond Norwegian girl, almost 4). Hailey was crying the entire time while kneeling on the floor, Emily was standing still and watching Hailey, and Ellie and Linda both did most of the dance (although Ellie did better). HILARIOUS. In the pics, none of the girls are doing the same thing, if they're doing anything at all. For the second half, Hailey was wailing and reaching out to her mom. Also, her mouth is completely blue because her mom bribed her with a blue candy cane right beforehand.

Anyway, I was SOOOO proud. So was her entourage - Peter, Matthew, Sandy, Gina, and later (after she'd performed) Grandma and Grandpa. They were watching a movie and ignored my warnings that it would take longer than they thought to get there. Ellie's song was first and 2 minutes long. You come a minute late and you miss the whole thing, pretty much.

She'll perform the dance for you if you ask her. Apparently she works better with an audience, because she never wanted to practice with just me. Hilarious.

Completely irrelevant to the recital, here's also a video of her friend Noah from school. He does the two things Ellie won't - eat and sleep. Except he does them at the same time. I was in tears watching him. So cute. Hope his mom doesn't mind that I'm posting it... It's too funny to not share. He never stops chewing.

Oh, another irrelevant story. We were passing Goode Co. Seafood yesterday, and Ellie goes, "Mommy. I see a blue fish." I reply, "Yeah. That's the sign for a restaurant because you eat fish there." She goes, "Just like the restaurant we go with Gloria Eemo." OK, two things. First, you remember Gloria Eemo's name? Because you certainly never called her by it when we saw her. Second, how in the world do you remember that? In October we met up with Gloria and ate at a restaurant called Fish. We never talked to her directly about it, but I guess she was listening to us talk about it amongst ourselves.

It's so funny to me when people at church she clearly knows come up to her every week and ask if she remembers them. She's like, well, duh. Another time this girl was saying hi to her and goes, "Kkakkung! Kkakkung!" Ellie stared at her blankly for awhile, then turned to me and said, "What that eemo saying to me?" She has an amazing memory. She can even remember dance routines! Did I mention how cute she was?