Let the dancing begin!

The next day in QLD was Emily's tap solo.

We woke up at 6 so we could do hair and make up and we arrived at the casino on time for the session start at 8am.

The session was running late, so we waited for ages, and then finally she was up. I was so upset! Her brand new Capezio taps sounded TERRIBLE on their stage, I couldn't concentrate on her dancing for worrying about the damn shoes! I felt so awful, because I hadn't loosened the taps because they sounded beautiful on every other floor she has tapped on, so I felt I shouldn't mess with them, therefore letting her down at Nationals. I was kicking myself very hard, and even though Mandy and Tina tried to comfort me, I was still really upset with myself.

Tina took Fiona to Wet n Wild where the rest of the Commotion team were for the day, although she called me 5 minutes after leaving the casino to say she needed Fiona's ticket. I laughed and got it out of the car for her, and then Tara, Emily and I decided to go to Pacific Fair and look for a chair for her Jazz solo, we walked into The Reject Shop and by utter fluke, found Emily's exact chair! It was red, but I didn't care, we had a CHAIR!

We headed back to the casino for adjudication, and got there with time to spare. When she received a high silver I was very proud and happy, she was happy too, and it was lovely to see her gorgeous smile, and watch her interact with the others on stage.

Then we rushed off to Wet N Wild! I forgot to get photos we were in such a hurry!

When we got there though, I discovered our tickets were gone. I searched the car frantically, and then panicked, which quickly escalated into a full blown panic attack, I couldn't breath, and I was crying, I called Tina, who tried to find someone with tickets we could use to get in, and apparently the other mums offered to all throw in a dollar each to get us new tickets! (I didn't know about this till later though) and I called Jupiters to see if the tickets had been handed in.

Jupiters though were too busy to bother. I got transferred to lost property, and an answering machine, so I rang back. The lady who answered said they must be at lunch. I asked if someone could go and check as we were standing outside the theme park with no tickets! She said no! She then transferred me to someone else, who said the same thing, tough basically, and I would have to wait till 2.30 till they got back from lunch. It was around 1.30ish. I then asked to speak to a manager. The manager asked what my problem was! I explained that all I wanted was for someone to go and look in the office to see if they were there! He put me on hold and then came back a short while later to say that no, nothing had been handed in, I said "thank you! That was all anyone needed to do!" He took my details in case it was handed in later.

Tina came out then and hadn't been able to find any season passes we could borrow, so I went to guest services. They were very nice and understanding, and although we had to wait for them to finish a personal conversation before they addressed my problem, they eventually said "well you are clearly upset, so just come on in." It was really nice of them to be so understanding, and I decided hysterical crying jags can occasionally be useful lol

Wet n Wild was great! We found Fiona in the wave pool, and then Ben took Emily and some of the kids onto a ride, I went along and Tara and Fiona and I had our own boat, if I can remember what it was called I will edit lol

Emily and Tara then went off together and had a ball, while Fiona and I went on our own adventure, Fiona is shaping up quite nicely as just as daring as her sisters, and we went on several waterslides together!

I was a bit disappointed in that all I wanted to do was go on a traditional waterslide, of which they only have 1, and the wait was over an hour, so we went on everything else Fiona could go on. Eventually we made it back to the group and as a storm was approaching, spent some time lazing in a spa, while Tara and Emily went on the Hurricane. Later as it got dark we went on more rides together, and FINALLY got on the traditional waterslides with no wait as the rain had sent most of the crowd home! We ended the night on the Aqua Race, although Tara wanted to go on the Aqua Tube, but ended up not, beacause she didn't want to take her shirt off lol.

Then all the water rides were closed due to an electrical storm, and we headed for the car, we drove home in torrential rain, it was scary in an unfamiliar car on unfamiliar roads, but got home safely, stopping off on the way for hot chips to make sandwiches of.

Wet n Wild was awesome, but I didn't take a single photo all day!

Put the kids to bed, and went myself, as the next morning would be Dreamworld, dancing, playing, and then Showcase solos again that night!