Prima Ballerina

Today was a pretty big day. It was the first day back to school in a long time. I was sad to have to go back because our family had so much fun over our long break. But, it was great to see all of my friends at school again and play with some new people. All day long, though, I told everyone that I was going to ballet class tonight! I was very excited all day and couldn’t wait to hop in to my pink skirt and prance and dance.

Daddy picked me up, but we left Parks at school for Mommy to pick up. Daddy and I headed home to change in to all of the pink clothes and get ready for ballet, including pulling my hair back in to a pony tail. Needless to say, Daddy really isn’t the most experienced person around in the hair category, but he did OK and got it handled. Then, we headed off to Lebanon Ballet School where we met up with Parker and Mommy. I think Parks thought I looked very pretty in my leotard!

We were a little early for class (better than 5 minutes late, right Poppa?) and watched the little girl class finish up before taking to the floor. My teach introduced the new students, and then we started right in to the exercises. We did lots of toe pointing and leg moving, but were able to throw in a few jumps too. The best part was when I got to lead the class to do skipping. We had to lift our knees really high, keep our toes pointy, and keep our hands on our hips…it was really hard!

First Ballet Practice