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Fancy Pants Dance Class time!

Success!

 

Tomorrow is the Big Day!

Ballerina

 

Group Photo Day

Today the girlies got to wear their recital costumes!

 

 

 

Family Day at Ballet!

Recital Costume

Just a few months until the big day! In The Garden

Haiku Excuse

No dance class today

Z is home sick and dizzy

And the weather stinks

And me without a camera. Hrmph.

Today was parent observation day at dance class - we got to sit in the room and watch while the girls showed off everything they have learned. Sooo cute! We saw the girls do Chassé,  Relevé, Tendu, and the flower dance.   Love it! 

Cheers & Jeers

Cheers to: E2, for getting out of the tubby today and pooping in the potty again!

Cheers to: E2, for being so good at dance!  Her teacher said that things are really starting to click with the class, that she is very excited, and that E2 is a "good girl".

Jeers to: Me, CVS, The Dispatch.  And maybe the City of Columbus.  So we wanted a copy of the paper today in case there were photos of last night's Crew airport welcome.  I bought USA Today accidentally (just grabbed the top paper without looking at it), got back in line (and waited forever behind someone that picked today to fill out the paperwork to get a CVS card and had a gift card that didn't want to work) and then the clerk wouldn't let me just switch the papers - had to take the 75 cents off my debit card and then ring up the 50 cent Dispatch. She could have made an easy 25 cents for CVS! Pure profit!! :P  So then the stupid Dispatch barely mentioned the Crew and had no photos of last night. Jerks.  There better be a good turnout for the Crew at the Statehouse tonight or I'm going to be ticked at the whole city. Well, not ticked, just disappointed. Which is much worse. Okay, I retract some of my Dispatch ire. B pointed out the photo and article in the Metro section.  Not as good as the front page but whatever. 

And a big fat jeer to the imbecile parents at our school.  Yes, it's time for that gripe again.  Morning drop off rules: Pull up as far as you can * Stay in your car * If you are going into the school, drop your child off and THEN go park and walk in by yourself.  Afternoon drop off rules: Pull up as far as you can * stay in your car.   I don't know if these morons are stupid or just think they and their precious child are special but the whole damn process would go so much faster if people could follow the damn rules! Gah.  Love the teaches and staff - think the parents are dipwads.  There are other reasons besides the drop-off and pick-up issues but that's what I'm torked off about today.

Halloween Dance Party

E2 was the only one who wore a costume but I don't think any of the girls really cared. They did lots of fun things and at the end, Miss T gave them a flower and a piece of candy!

"Thank you for taking me to stupid dance class."

I think the title pretty much tells you all you need to know about our morning.  E2 did behave during ballet, I'll give her that much.

Maybe someday she'll listen at home!

Another parent complimented E2 today! She really is a good listener at dance class and tries very hard to do exactly what her teacher asks.

B is for Booger

Before ballet class. We waited 20 minutes and then came home.

After gymnastics.  I don't know why, but the squirrel pictured is very, very angry.  Not cute, chittering angry.  Rabid crow angry.

Squirrels just appeared on E2's radar a week or two ago.  She does not like them.  Especially when they are rabid crow angry.

She does like having one of her digits in her nasal cavity.

B is for Ballet

When we got home from dance class/errands, E2 locked me out of the house. That was a fuuuuun five minutes - trying to get to her unlock the screen door.

The best thing about gymnastics: "jumping and swinging"

E2 is doing an absolutely fantastic job listening, following directions and participating at her classes! Sometimes she is even the best behaved kid in her class. Such a HUGE difference from last year! Of course, as soon as her class is over, she's an obstinate stinker.

On the way to gymnastics today, totally out of the blue, she said "I wanna be a gymnastic cheerleader!"  Hooray!  I hope she does do cheer for a couple years - the little outfits are soooo cute. 

Hooray!

I uninstalled & reinstalled Paint Shop Pro, and so far, so good!

ARGH!

I couldn't find E2's leo or tights or shoes and then I found tights and a leo and then I realized the leo had stains on it so then we had to use her gymnastics leo and I was going to try and buy a pair of shoes at the dance studio but the lady who is usually at the front desk wasn't there *deep breath* but she had fun and did a great job listening and participating.

Dancy Dancy

E2 had a lot of fun at dance class, and E1 (since she doesn't have school) was thrilled to get to watch her little sis!

Pretty in Pink

Blah blah blah did great at dance class blah blah blah.

Two for Two!!

Before (showing me a ballet move):

We were not prepared for the first day of ballet.  No tights, no dance bag, last year's shoes, a hand-me-down leo from E1 that is still too big, and I forgot to put her hair up.  So we got to the dance studio early to pay for class and buy what we could there.  Good thing too, they didn't have a record of our on-line registration.  We got tights and a leo.  Not sure where to get shoes. The pair she has were okay for today but they are a bit tight. 

Anyhoo, E2 did GREAT at ballet. (I sat in and watched just for today.) She listened, participated, tried to do things correctly, and only ran over to hug me once.  Hooray!  The girlies (only four students so far) were so cute. I just love ballet.  The soft music, the graceful moves, the pinkness. Sigh.

After (happy with dance class, happy with her granola bar, happy with her apple juice, not happy with picture time):

I love tutus

Oh me of little faith

Since we've missed the last two dance classes, I thought today was going to be a nightmare.  Not so, it was fabulous!  Except for the final tap dance song, the toddler was amazing! Listening, following directions, participating - she was like a totally different kid. 

Fun!

Devil in a Pink TuTu

Satan and Tinker Bell had a love fest going on this morning.  That, however, did not stop Satan from giving Tinker Bell a shove and telling her to get back on her mat.  [Satan also told Minnie Mouse during circle time "Do it!" and then, with less hostility, "You can do it!".  And, sadly, she again made J run back to her mom in tears.]

Overall though, Satan did a pretty good job (for her) of listening and participating, and everyone thought she was super cute.

Da-da-da-da Dancy Dancy

Well. Dance class was almost as enjoyable as gymnastics.  :P   Not a whole lot of participation, but less "flopping on the floor & wailing" and more "attempting to follow instructions".   And holy cow, is E2 like E1.  I call it Center of Attention Syndrome, which so far seems to be incurable.