Shall we dance?

Harry, Till and their dance partners attended dance practice every Monday after school for weeks and weeks leading up to this years Bounty Ball. Harry and his partner Vanessa danced in the Year 5/6 category. As you know, Harry is only in Year 4, but because Vanessa is in Year 6 they had to compete at the higher level. Don't they look great! They really enjoy dancing together and I'd go as far to say, they probably had more fun during the night than anyone else! Truly, these two boogied until the band stopped and called it a night!

*Oh swoon*...have you seen anything sweeter? They do scrub up well!

And look who took the prize!!!!!! Till and Fletcher were awarded best ballroom dancing couple in the Year1/2 category! Till said to me the next day "Mum, I knew inside me that we were going to win!". Don't you just love that confidence!


They'll be competing on 'Dancing with the Stars' any day now!

The ball is such a special event; old fashioned and charming in all the right ways. Sadly, not many grown-ups get up from their seats and have a dance; mostly I suspect because they don't know the steps.  I'm making it my mission for next year that Ben and I should learn a few of the dances so we can join in more fully. It just happens that our neighbor is one of the organisers and I've already asked if she can give us some lessons early next year! Why should Harry and Till have all the fun?

Recycle - A simple dress makeover

Here's what Till's Bounty Ball dress looked like last year...


When she tried it on a few weeks ago we discovered it still fitted - actually better now than before. It seemed a waste not to wear it again, so Till and I made the decision to re-model it. Two bags of sequins, some PVA glue, a new blue ribbon and voila...same dress, but completely new look!


I was very dubious that the sequins would actually stay stuck on the dress - I don't know whether I can even wash it now. But amazingly they didn't fall off...impressive given that the wearer did some pretty strenuous dancing!