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cheska's paparrazi

my seven-year-old francesca is somewhat a shy type girl.
she doesn't sing and dance around the house and
she stops when she gets caught dancing or singing,
or do a little acting by herself.
my daughter has always been a very self-conscious little girl.

but lo and behold!
cheska completely surprised me when she did this dance number.

how did she become so confident overnight? i'm totally clueless. 

 so cute!

(the one taking the video seemed unfocused - her dad)

 ~♥~♥~♥~

My little superstar

Cheksa learned this song all by herself from
Demi Lovato's version of  "This is me"
 (You have to see Demi's performance to understand why)

When i look at you - take two

Naomi was asked to sing on the spot for the second time at the school's foundation day program while the judges tally the scores for the dance competition. We weren't expecting that she was going to sing again so we had to improvise for the music since we didn't have the karaoke cd that time and we also didn't have enough time to get the cd from the house. good thing, my sister had a copy of Miley's song from her cellphone so we just handed it over to the person in charge of the sound system. obviously, they had problems trying to make it work.

I think it's pretty obvious in this video that my daughter was a little bit upset. She was not as confident and lively as she was the day before. The school's foundation celebration had a dance competition and she was upset that her group was not able to represent their class well. The reason for this was the class was not prepared to perform. They were very uncooperative during practice. She was so into this whole dance contest and she worked really hard rehearsing all the dance moves she choreographed. She even made her own dance mix to make it more appealing and encourage the whole class to join, but they were consistently stubborn. But despite all the troubles and frustrations she encountered, I am proud to say that my daughter handled things quite well. She showed traits of determination, initiative, and resourcefulness right up until the last minute. I hated seeing her disappointed that way she's a tough one.

Strike a pose

Photos taken by yours truly. I wish I had an SLR camera!

HCMS Foundation day 2010

Holy Child Montessori School Foundation Day

Day 1 - Singing Contest

Lapit by Alyssa 3rd Place

When I look at you by Naomi 1st place
This is me by Cheska Special Number

I'm so proud of my girls!!!