Dance Recital Day!

Today was the big, much-anticipated dance recital day! It's Katie's fourth year of dance (and big sister Elizabeth's third year). The day started early with a trip to see their cousin Sara at the morning recital. Later my girls & their cousin Ella danced in the afternoon (matinee) recital.















Katie's skin looks pretty good right now except a couple of cracks around her mouth & that area on her forehead that she can't seem to resist picking on.




This evening, the girls & I went back for the 7 p.m. recital just for the fun of seeing it, but had to leave before the end because they were super exhausted from the long day. Also, even though we'd had Katie's Atarax with us all day, we forgot it at home when we went back to change after the matinee performance, and she was starting to get pretty itchy, so that's another reason we had to head home early.
After we got home, I finally convinced Katie to sit in the tub & take a soak!



I put about a cup of Dead Sea salts & a few drops of lavender essential oil in the water, plus this Shea Moisture Avocado Oil & Green Tea Body Oil. She actually soaked for at least 15 to 20 minutes which is the first time in a long time.

Afterward, I applied Stephanie's lemongrass balm & sent her to bed since it's been such a long, albeit fun, day for all of us!



We got the balms & started using them on May 27. Here are before & after pics from May 22 & June 4. This stuff is amazing!






I can't wait to see how Katie feels in the morning to see if the bath & bath products helped any tonight. I will keep you posted!