Our Little Ballerina

Our sweet Ells took her first dance class this past week. We joined the Y when we moved here and this session of classes offered a preschool ballet class that introduces kids ages 3-5 to ballet basics. She took her first class last week and will do 7 classes total and will do a performance at the end that Ben and the girls will come and see. She LOVED it and all the girls are around her age. We are letting her try different things and then letting her pick what she likes to pursue further. So after 7 weeks we could jump into something else or we may be on the hunt for a dance studio for her to pursue dance further. So we have entered a new chapter in life of extra curricular activities!

 Getting Ready

 Beginning Stretches

 First Position

 Second Position

 Practicing a Passe

Ribbon Free Dancing to the Frozen Soundtrack

They got to dance to a lot of Frozen songs, which is every girls' dream! Our little girl is growing up! She could not stop talking about all the fun she had! Watching her also reminded me of when I took ballet and I could actually remember the positions. I am so excited to get her out there and expose her to many things that she could develop a real love for and could give her opportunities or stir a passion in her that we don't know she has. The sky is the limit for her and I am so excited to watch her grow and explore new things and discover what she really loves! I told her later that it made me a little emotional as I watched her dance in her first class because she is growing up and I am so proud to be her Mom!