That was kind of nice to just have 'me and him' time (to ask) what happened at school, what are you learning at dance -- that good kind of mommy and me time.

Miss Nan. Miss Nan was very perfectionist and she insisted on a work ethic: You don't quit just because you're tired. You show up with a smile even when your belly is flopping.

We had to get our cohesiveness in our relationship in a different way.

They believe in themselves and the coaches believe in them. They've proved that time and time again. No matter what the odds were, it seemed like we could always come back and do great things.

When you're sleeping or getting up to go to school, that's when we're just leaving the studio, and we'll be gone for three hours and then come back and be working another 15 to 20 hours.

It didn't take much of an occasion to get another pin in my box at school. He made hundreds of them.