Diamond, Platinum, 5-Stars, Oh My!
Originally published on my Facebook page on March 3, 2019. When I coached Pop Warner and high school dance, things were so simple. The teams were grouped by ages (for Pop Warner, our 12-15 year-old team were…
Yeah, that’s not what I meant…
Under normal circumstances, my girls’ bedroom is a disgrace. When we’re rushing around during the normal year (school, dance, etc.), they don’t really have a lot of time at home to invest into organizing and straightening everything…
It Means What?!
This meme first appeared on my Facebook page on March 21, 2019. Back in high school (much further back than I care to acknowledge), a friend of mine was taking French as her foreign language. We were…
Completely Floored
With little space (and an even smaller budget), we needed to get creative to install a dance floor over a weekend. Here's how we pulled it off!
Grand Entrance
Ah, the feeling of stepping through those doors once again! As dance studios across the country begin to reopen, be prepared for the dancers to make their entrances a little “extra”! Let them have their moment –…
Hold Your Nose
This meme was originally published on my Facebook page on September 19, 2019. You’ve been in one of these scenarios before (or if you’re a new dance parent, you would be wise to prepare yourself for both):…
Gold Star certificate for your dancer!
With the global pandemic having effectively closed the world, dance studios moved to virtual instruction to continue educating their students when in-person classes were no longer an option. Even with these offerings, dancers had to demonstrate a…
Should I? Just one more?
So you’ve scoured the dance mom groups on Facebook, checked with your studio owner, interrogated your dance mom friends, and searched the Internet for the latest virtual dance competitions (you want to get bang for your buck…
See No Evil
The Bank Account Back when I was a wife, my then-husband and I would argue about a host of things during our marriage (as do most couples). Whose turn it was to take out the trash, why…
How about now? Now? What about now?
Some states have begun to loosen their post-pandemic restrictions, and a small percentage of dance studios have already re-opened their doors. For those of us living in areas with tighter guidelines, the wait is agonizing! Our dancers…
