My Ballerina Princess

Tuesday night Kaylea had her first ballet class. It was actually a trial class from one of "The Little Gyms". (Doesn't she look like me as a kid in this pic?) This class is called "Jazzy Bugs" and it is girls 3-4 years old. It was really cute all the girls were pretty much the same size and all adorable. They did 15 minutes of Tap and then 15 minutes of Ballet and then they did 30 minutes of tumbling and gymnastics. Kaylea really was catching on in tap and ballet even though it was only her first time. I was quite surprised! She kept making sure she was in the front of the class right next to the teacher though - that was funny! If she ended up in the back somehow she would run right up to the front of the class! She seemed to be making friends with some of the other girls in the class and was having a great time! When it got to tumbling she really wanted to play, but she listened better than I thought she would and tried all the moves they showed her with the jump rope and bean bag. Then she did two somersalts down a matted ramp (teacher assisted of course) and she even walked across the balance beam! She loved it so much she didn't want to leave - and we had to carry her out crying of course.

Since this was a trial class we could signup for it full time if we wanted. However, we decided to wait on this particular semester and sign her up instead for the summer semester. Every semester is 20 weeks and at the end they do a recital with costumes and everything - really cute. Well if we signed her up now, her recital would fall right in the middle of my trip to Chicago for work - and there is no way Mama is missing her first recital! Also, during the summer she doesn't have as much going on during the day since school is out so it would give her something to do and a chance to socialize with other kids during the summer. But she definitely enjoyed it and we did to!

The cool thing is The Little Gym does a "parents night out" once a month for 3 hours. They do activities, crafts, gym time etc while we get a chance to go to a movie together or have dinner with peace and quiet! It's only $30 and you'd have to pay a babysitter that! So we are excited to try that out!

By the way folks - you can leave a comment on here... they do work! I know you are reading the page but I never hear from anyone! I'd like to hear from you every once in a while and whats going on with you all! :-)