our tiny dancer

This year L had the opportunity to choose between the RWB Satellite ballet program or Music for Young Children. Our lives are busy, and it's important to us that we don't overschedule ourselves. We want to make sure that we've got time to just be together, so we limit the number of after-school activities that we participate in. L chose ballet in one second, and her enthusiasm continued throughout the year. Her class began at 4:45 each Monday, which meant leaving work early to get her changed and to her class, then zipping back to daycare to pick up the other kids, getting supper started (so G would be ready for music lessons), and then heading back to pick her up. I'm glad she loved it!

The ballet year ended with a recital. L's class did a short piece in which they pretended to be dolls who woke up when the shopkeepers left the room. It was very cute, and L shone! She was so animated, and loved every second of the dance. She talked about it a lot ahead of time, practiced at home, and was very serious about following all of her teacher's instructions. Of course, she loved the costume too. The first half of the recital program featured performances from all of the ballet classes, and the second half featured dancers from the RWB schools. L sat with the other dancers right in front of the stage, so we didn't get to hear her reaction to the dancers, but we all loved the entire recital.