Dance parade

This year for dance Addy is taking a BLT (ballet, leaps and tumbles) class.  She has been loving it.  A couple weeks ago her company danced in the New York City Dance Parade, Addy's class was invited to join them.  She was so excited.

The original plan was that I would walk in the parade with Addy, and Mark and the other kids would watch the parade.  But, Marcus' first baseball game ended up being scheduled as the exact same time and he was pretty nervous so Mark decided to stay and take Jaxon to Marcus' game and Katie came with Addy and me.  They let Katie dance as well and Addy kindly shared the limelight. 

Addy was pretty nervous in the beginning.  It wasn't until she started dancing that she calmed down.

Addy checking out some of the other dancers

Katie had to learn the dance routine on the spot, but she did a pretty well and had tons of fun.

Addy, CJ ad Eva

The parade ended in Tompkins Square Park where there was a 'dance party' all evening.  We decided to hang out for a while; we stayed for the rest of the parade, we watched some dancers preform onstage for a while and then we wandered off to blow some bubbles and hula hoop.

And, of course, no trip into the city is complete until we have had something to eat.  This trip included incredible tacos and ice cream.

p.s. can I please live in the East Village in my next life!