We have had Makenna in gymnastics for the past year and I thought it was time for her to try ballet and tap. I wanted to let her try different classes to see which ones she liked best. She kept asking if she was going to gymnastics. She still wasn't getting it as we were walking in. The first thing I noticed that was different was the amount of kids in the class. She has a max of 6 or 7 kids in her gymnastics and there were like 25 in her dance! Crazy!! We went to the store the night before to get her a new leotard and her shoes and after spending some serious moolah, I was really hoping she was going to like it.
She never did her stretches in her gymnastics classes. I have no idea why. She would just sit there and watch the teacher. But for some reason, she did all the stuff for dance. I was just watching her through this little window and she was doing so good!! Then all of a sudden, they lined up and she froze. She wouldn't do what they were asking. She just stood there. I saw a couple of moms go in to help their kids so I went in to talk to her. She said she didn't want me to watch her. I said that was fine and to go do her thing.
She still didn't do much and when they came out to change into their tap shoes, I had a talk with her. I said I would buy her a slurpee if she did all the stuff her teacher does. We got on her fun clicky shoes and she went back in. At first, she was doing it but then she just froze again. So, I went in to talk to her again and she then told me she wanted me to stay in there. Ok....first, she wants me to not watch and now she wants me in. I had just found out that you could sit in only if you had a camera. Lucky me, I'm a camera freak so I was good to go. I hung out and took some awesome pics of my princess wowing me with her moves!! She did all the stuff and had fun.
Heel....toe.....heel.....toe
Toe....heel.....toe.....heel....I love that she is holding her skirt while she is doing it:) Sigh!
This pic is just to show how much taller she is than most of the girls in her class;) She looked so big!
Jumping backwards;) This was the most fun for her to do and me to watch! She also loved to look at herself in the mirror!
Makenna showing the teacher what her favorite thing to do was.....shuffle step;)
My sweet little dancer. I called it a success and she got her slurpee. She also got a nice blister on the back of her heel because of her tap shoes though. We are going to have to put socks on her or something next week!:) She did so good!
7 comments:
Aww! Thats so sweet, I'm glad it was a success! Dance does cost ALOT...I'm not looking forward to the recital costs next year. But it's worth it cause it makes them so happy!
If you get full footed tights, that should help with the blisters. And if you get dance tights specifically, they are thicker.
Bella never wants us to watch her, lol...but thats good that ya'll can go in there and take pics, we were always stuck behind a window!
Yay for dance, I love it!
She is so absolutly adorable. She did a GREAT job. Her class includes little ones who just turned three, so naturally she is taller. You liked tap better than ballet also. Dad said, Yep she's just like her mama.
That is so cute! Where is she taking dance?
She had tights that went all the way down but I tried to put them on the morning of and she was too big for them. She must have had a growth spurt recently:) I guess I will be getting some tights this week!
And yes, Mom, tap is a lot funner than ballet!
The rec center....$24 every six weeks!
I love the pic with her holding her skirt. She is such a beautiful little girl.
OMG- so cute!! I looove her outfit!
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