Ok.. The title may be misleading.. This post has pictures of just the dance that Thaïs took part in 
All the mermaids backstage.. This was before the concert started, so that should explain why most of them have just half the costume on..
Mermaids singing and dancing… I’ve said before that my daughter is loud.. I think this picture confirms that.. You can actually ’see’ how much louder she is
Now the mermaids have moved to the back of the stage so the other sea creatures can get on with it…
Here we are, getting distracted…
Now we’re blatantly chatting on stage..
And some of us are getting bored / feeling sleepy..
Ah! Finally!! Time to go…
Those of you who follow me on Twitter will know that I’ve been tweeting about this for some time now. I’ve spent the last 3 weeks getting Thaïs’ mermaid outfit ready. After numerous trips to the tailor, and several hours bent over double, sticking on sequins and glitter, here’s what she’ll be wearing tomorrow…
…and…
She refused to model the outfit for me so that’s the best I could do.
And whilst I was busy getting this ready, here’s what the little mermaid herself was up to…
I hope to get pictures of Thaïs actually wearing the outfit tomorrow, but I don’t know whether I’ll be ‘allowed’ to put them up here
I may have mentioned this earlier, but Thaïs has suddenly taken an interest in art. A year ago it was virtually impossible to get her to pick up a pencil and draw something. Yesterday apparently, she got into the mood to draw, “Mummy, I feel like writing pictures.”
Quite surprised, I didn’t waste any time getting her pencil and paper. And yes, she says ‘write’, not ‘draw’.
First up, was a Christmas tree. This is something they’ve been taught in school. Along with presents under the tree. Gift wrapped, of course. All wrapped with similar paper — note the design
Next we have a drawing of yours truly.. with my sunglasses on. Seems like I forgot to comb my hair, though.. Which happens quite frequently with me.. very observant of her, I must say..
Then she drew herself in a rocket that had flags.. and a face.
This scenery seems normal.. sun, clouds, tree with a hole for the owl, house and.. Is that a girl or a boy? Don’t miss the ‘anatomically correct’? attention to detail. That’s the heart, btw, in the middle
And finally.. my favorite. A do-it-yourself connect-the-dots activity puzzle. The sad face because she had to write the numbers and dots instead of just joining them
With a little over a month to go for Christmas, Thaïs’ singing teacher at school has started teaching them carols. So, over the course of the next few weeks I hope to have some more carol-related posts to put up here. To start off with, here’s Thaïs’ version of Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer:
Voodoff the red nosed wane-deer
Had a very shining nose
And if you ever saw it
You even thought it would grow
All of the other wane-deers
Used to laugh and call him names
They never let poor Voodoff
Join in any wane-deer games
Then one Christmas foggy
Santa came to say
Voodoff with your nose so bright
Won’t you guard my sleeve tonight
Then all the wane-deers loved him
And they shouted out in gree
Voodoff the red nosed wane-deer
You’ll go down in mystery
Most important is the tune.. it’s that of the first two lines repeated over and over. She didn’t allow the voice recorder anywhere near, so this is the best I could do.
