Brenna's First Day of Ballet and Tap

Well, we wrapped up gymnastics for the year at the end of July.  She had a great time with it and had mastered the all the moves for her level and a few above.  We decided rather than take another year of gymnastics, we would give dance a try.  Most dance schools only take children at age 3, so we just squeezed in before the Fall registration last week.

It's already been a learning experience for all of us.  We visited the dance studio for its Open House so Brenna could meet the teacher and get accustomed to her new surroundings.  Ms. Hillary (our new dance instructor) was very nice and spent some time talking to Brenna about what they do in dance class.  As soon as she pulled out the hula hoops, Brenna was sold.  We registered her for a combo ballet and tap class.  Jacob and I quickly learned there quite a few more bell and whistles associated with dance.  Of course there's the registration fee and the monthly tuition, but then there's recital fees, leotards, tutus, tights, ballet shoes, tap shoes........and don't forget the bag to carry it all in!  One week and an undisclosed amount of money later (tap shoes are disgustingly expensive!) we were praying that she really liked dance, because she was onboard for the year whether she liked it or not!

We spent the week talking up how fun dance class would be and how nice Ms. Hillary was.  She had a blast picking out her leotards and modeling each one for the sales clerk at the dancewear store.  We even had a few practice sessions at home so she could appreciate her tap shoes.  When we finally walked in the door of the dance studio, we had nothing to fear.  Brenna ran into the dance room and took her spot on the floor ready to get started!  The dance room has a mirrored wall on one side (of course) and the other three walls have viewing windows, so we can watch the girls.  I took a few photos and video before we left the house and then Jacob got some video of the dance class with his iphone (God bless technology!)