Gearing up for "Princess Camp"

Just kind of a "normal" weekend here -- running errands, and plugging away at the endless list of projects around the house. There was (another) huge thunderstorm all night last night, and that kept us all up at different points - so we are all a little sleepy today, but...

Ellie starts "Princess Camp" on Monday -- it's just this week, Mon - Fri from like 9:30 - 12:00 each day. She is so excited! It's at a little dance studio here - Frank found it a few months ago when ellie was really hopped up on taking "ballerina clases" -- so, he foun this and signed her up. The flyer boasts activities like, "dress-up," "tea parties," "painting nalis" and of course, "dancing." Cute enough. So, last week, ellie keeps saying how she has to wear her tu-tu (her HALLOWEEN costume from last year) so that she looks like a ballerina. Of course, I don't want her look like a goof-ball, so I called the studio just to see if she should wear anything specific or bring anything with her. And, wouldn't you know. . . no tu-tu, but . . . she "should wear a leotard and tights (??) and she should bring both ballet shoes and (get this) tap shoes." Whoa! These people are serious about dance! I was seriously just going to send her in gym shoes and a nice sundress - glad I called, I guess. So, today, we went to a "dance supply store" (because where the hell else am I going to buy tap shoes??) and got the shoes. It actually wasn't too pricey, which was good -- I started to hyperventilate a little bit thinking about what an expensinve "tea-party" this could turn into, but ellie was thrilled and wore her "tap shoes" all day (I kept trying to get her to "tap" on the carpeting, but she was wise to that! No such luck...)

Otherwise, we spent the day cleaning - mostly bathrooms and those darn kitchen cabinets, still!
What a thankless job that is. I mean, the cabinets are so disgusting - even after they are "clean," they still are not "like new" -- lots of scratches and imperfections that you can't clean off. I don't think they look that bad from a distance, but they are not good up close, that's for sure!

Full update on Monday after the "princess" gets home from "camp." :)