Ballerina

This spring Madeleine started taking ballet classes. (Well, actually, creative dance classes - ballet appears to start at age 4 or 5 around here.) While i have not been too eager to enroll her in ballet classes, she has been asking for a long time. And she is thrilled!!
After asking me all fall for ballet shoes to go with the tutus she got for her birthday, she wore her dance clothes around the house as many hours of the day as i'd let her. (And i like this school - pink tights, black leotard, no sequins.)


The first day of class was so sweet - she and a bunch of other little girls, all dressed up, and so eager to start class. Madeleine 'practicing' one of her favorite ballet poses. Gosh, they were cute.


And the class was a hit. They do a lot of musical listening, instructor listening, and some stretching and free-form movement. She says she and her friend Molly 'have a BLAST' at dance class.



I'm so glad it has lived up to her almost impossibly high expectations. Her only gripe is that they don't do enough 'real ballet'. And she grins from ear to ear from the moment i let her put on her clothes.

And just about anything is worth it to me to see my little girl smiling like that.



(And sorry for the blurry cell phone pictures. I think i'm going to start bring a real camera with me.)