ballet...and more!

Molly and her good friend Adriana, had their first ballet class last Saturday! between Cosette (Adriana's mom) and i, we got tons of great pictures of the girls twirling, and jumping, and dancing on tip-toes! they went to two classes, to see which they would like best. the first was very fun, with lots of jumping and running around, it was call Twirling 2s and 3s. then they stayed for the pre-ballet class, which was more subdued and they learned about ballet, did their feet positions, and pliés. both girls enjoyed the fun and frolic of the first class, but really seemed to enjoy the second class. and when we asked them later, they decided pre-ballet was their thing. so we'll be back for that next week! here is a slideshow of the wonderful morning...


i also took some videos, of course!

this first one is from the first class, where they got to jump and roll on mats! notice her and Adriana holding hands, they are such good friends! BFFs!



this is also from the first class, all the little girls on tip-toes! and check out all the tutus! speaking of tutus, Molly is wearing one that she got for her birthday from her Aunt Beth and Cousin Sinead! so pretty! the leotard and tights and ballet slippers are all hand-me-downs - what a beauty!



this is from the second class, Molly "being a star" - i think she went first, note how all the other little girls copy exactly what she does! :)



and here they are doing pliés, including grand pliés (which Molly calls "wrong pliés")



also, i have to take this moment to brag about my BRILLIANT child! of course, many of you have heard this (i've been telling everyone is see!). this past Monday night we were working on Valentines and when we started, i'd show Molly where the 'To' spot was and the 'From' spot and she would doodle in both. we did one for my mom and she wanted to put an 'M' for Molly, so we did that. and then honestly, i wasn't paying much attention while she was working on one for Grandma Mike when i heard her say, "M-O-L-L-Y" and then she handed me the Valentine and well, she had written her name! perfectly! just take a look!!now i should mention that after writing her name several times, she decided to go see daddy for a bit, and when she returned she had no memory of writing her name and insisted she didn't know how. so i'm guessing this is going to be a lot like rolling over for her, she does it once, causes me to totally freak out with joy, and then we don't see it again for a while. but seriously, it was the coolest moment since she crawled for the first time. wahoo!

so with that, i say farewell from the little ballerina, hope everyone is doing well and keeping on their toes!