How Playing Pokemon Go Helps Me Save Money It’s summer vacation and we are about a month in. Normally by now we would have spent a fortune on activities, entertainment and such. So far this summer I have spent very little money and my kids and I have had a blast! *My posts may contain affiliate Read More
Dance stuff you should ALWAYS buy on Amazon!
DANCE STUFF YOU CAN AND SHOULD BE BUYING ON AMAZON! My dancer takes what feels like a million dance classes a week. Multiple kinds of shoes and tights, plus all the “extras”. This gets expensive! Quickly! I love the big dancewear companies for unique items and larger orders but ordering one thing at a time Read More
Dancers & Instagram – Staying Safe
10 Instagram Safety Tips For Parents If you have a dancer and an Instagram account I’m willing to bet you’ve seen a plethora of dance themed accounts or hashtags. #dancelife #dancersofinstagram #dancemom #dancer #dancekid #danceon #dancesport #dancedancedance #dancephotography … You get the idea. *My posts may contain affiliate links. For full details see my disclosure Read More
DANCE TEACHER GIFTS – WHAT THEY *REALLY* WANT!
DANCE RECITAL GIFT SEASON IS UPON US! In addition to a gift for your dancer its also time to plan for the end of year dance teacher gifts! *My posts may contain affiliate links. For full details see my disclosure policy* For those of you going…“Wait…Im supposed to give the Dance Teacher a gift?!” No, Read More
Broken Tap Shoe Fix!
Guys. The shoe is talking. *My posts may contain affiliate links. For full details see my disclosure policy* My daughter broke a tap shoe….nooooo. These are her favorites! Theatricals Lace Ups. Dance shoes are expensive! We cannot afford to drop money on new tap shoes right now unless she grows out of them or utterly Read More
Backstage Mama Drama – 5 Easy Ways to De-Stress
Stress always exists backstage but for me personally it usually has nothing to do with another dancer or member of their family and has never resulted in something ugly. Until now. It took 5 years but I got into my first backstage argument with another mother. Ouch. *My posts may contain affiliate links. For full Read More
All About Dance Tights
DANCE TIGHTS 101 When I was a kid, tights were something you wore with your Easter dress and that was about it. When we entered the dance world I had NO idea just how many pairs of different types of dance tights I would end up buying. To a new dance parent this can be Read More
Dance Costume Emergency Kit
I like a dance costume with rhinestones and feathers. The fancier the better. Mads’ solo costume typically is very fragile because of all the bling. My nightmare is getting to competition and discovering we are missing a stone or that the feathers have a bald spot somewhere. Which is why I carry a DANCE COSTUME Read More
My Legitimate Work At Home Answering Service Job
I spent several years working from home as an answering service agent. It was a legitimate work at home, paid every 2 weeks, actual employee (not independent contractor) job. It was great, until it wasn’t, and I no longer work from home but I still recommend it to my friends and think that for many Read More
Our Weekend At Dance Educators of America Competition
Hey yall! I’m back after a long dance weekend in Seattle for the Dance Educators of America competition! This is Mads 3rd year competing at DEA and it is one of my favorite dance competitions to attend as a parent. It is a 2 day event – competition on Saturday and dance workshops all day Read More