The Ballerina

When Lynnae came to live with us last year, we wanted to get her involved in some extracurricular activities. After a bit of research we found that we could not sign her up for anything because of how far along the school year was, and the fact that all the classes were well established and winding down. This turned out to be a blessing in disguise. While Lynnae would have enjoyed the activity, we clearly needed as much time as we could have to all get used to each other and adjust. With the new school year starting, we decided to start Lynnae with two activities. I gave her the list of all of the possibilities... and the first one that she said she HAD to do was dance... ballet to be exact. (Girl Scouts is the other one, and I'll write more about that at another time.)

So we signed her up for a Ballet 1 class, got the supplies, and started her the first week of September. She loves ballet day! (Although you should hear the litany of complaints I receive as I get her hair up and off her face!) And at home she is always showing us one thing or another. I honestly wasn't sure how well she was doing in comparison to the other kids until I came to pick her up this past Tuesday. The teacher stopped to talk to me and said that she would like to promote Lynnae to a Ballet 2 class! After only 4 lessons, she felt that Lynnae had shown the ability to jump in at the next level and the sharpness to learn quickly. Of course, I agreed and she tried out the Ballet 2 class this past Thursday afternoon. (She was THRILLED to have two ballet classes in one week... made me reconsider if we should let her do another class, but I think we will wait on that!) She struggled a bit to learn all of the things that they had already done in four weeks, but overall the teacher felt she was catching on well. We have an accelerated ballerina on our hands! We're very proud of her and so glad that she enjoys ballet so much!