The Black Short Drama

Sam has been taking a dance class on Wednesday afternoons for over a year and a half.  She loves it and its the one thing in her life she has never said she wants to quit.  The class consists of her and 3 of her best girl friends.  Sam takes the class very seriously and will practice new moves all week long. 

The dance class is very laid-back and low key compared to other dance studios in Fairfax County.  There are no big recitals each year or crazy costumes requiring the parents to spend a ton of money on a 4 minute performance up on a stage. 

The class is held at the Lorton Workhouse and each summer, they do an ice cream social.  You can buy a bowl one of the artist's made and get it filled with ice cream.  Additionally, you can wander around all the galleries and check out the various artists and their work.  It's a great idea.  And would be a better idea in the Fall.

This year, they wanted the two dance classes (Sam's and the one right after it with the kids 2 years older) to perform.  Yes, outside.  And the day this occurred, it was 104 degrees out.  Sam and all the other kids were a trooper and did an amazing job.  I am very proud of my little girl.  She was focused, had a smile on her face and did all the moves, despite melting at the time.  It was super cute.

The outfit Sam's dance teacher wanted everyone to wear was black shorts and any solid, color t-shirt.  Like I mentioned earlier, this is very low-key.   Of course, this combination of clothing did not get decided until I was out of town.  Jeff ran to Kohl's and found some black shorts.  My friend Stefanie ran to Target and found two more styles of black shorts.  She made sure to buy double of everything so in case Jeff didn't find anything, Sam would be covered. 

When I got back home, I laid out all 3 pairs of black shorts and told Sam to pick which pair she would want to wear.  She took a careful look and decided to go with BOTH pairs that Stefanie found. Yes!  Sam wore not one, but two pairs of black shorts at the same time.  And this is just the way she rolls. 

It's quite interesting Sam's sense of style.  She actually took the small, hoochy-mama pair (but very cute with these little bows on the side) and put them over the longer, biker style shorts.  I was impressed with Sam's ability to put together this look.   It is quite cool how this sense of fashion came natural to her.

A picture of Sam on stage, outside in 104 degree heat,
wearing both pairs of black shorts.