A Ballerina is born?

Becky asked if she could take ballet, so I did what any good mother does and signed her up for ballet classes through the city. However, she's not old enough to be in ballet, so she is in "pre-ballet" - and introduction to ballet and tap. The course description was very casual and mentioned nothing about shoes or clothes - actually said the girls could wear whatever they were comfortable in. The first class was a week ago Thursday, and Becky rolled out of her nap, into the car and into class in her regular clothes....only to discover that once again, I am a mother not in the know - and we were the only ones without the proper ballet leotard and shoes. I felt about as awful as a mom could feel - and she didn't have a very good class. We had to go buy her the right clothes before we could even eat dinner.

This week, we were much better prepared and she got totally into the spirit of things. She did tell me that "ballerinas don't wear glasses" but fortunately one of her pairs is pink so I convinced her that would be ok! Opening of class - she's very intent on the other ballerinas!

Working on her jumps - concentrating very hard

Learning how to courtesy - I figure she can teach me after she figures it out!

earning how to skip - I didn't know she didn't know how to do this - once again, feeling like a bad mother! I'm not sure I am going to be able to survive these lessons!

The first night we had her ballerina costume (as she calls it) she absolutely had to put it back on after her bath and would not take it off for bed. For the next three nights, she insisted on wearing it to bed - until about the middle of the night when it truly became too uncomfortable to wear anymore!

Yes - she insisted on the shoes too!! (momma did come in & take those off as soon as she fell asleep each night!)