Yesterday, a package arrived. It was Ellie's dancing things. After having been outside for a scooter/bike ride before dinner, I told her we could open it after dinner. So, we spent the evening trying on leotards and trying out ballet and tap shoes. She was so excited, and looked so beautiful...I had as much fun (if not more!) than her. I put on Center Stage (my all-time favorite dance movie) and showed her the ballet dancers having class (the leaps and jumps across the room caught her attention!) and then the finale with the lead dancer in red- red leotard and red pointe shoes...she was wowed and wanted to watch "the red girl" a few times...I see red ballet shoes in our future! ;) It was so darling to watch her try to mimic their actions. You can really see the excitement and her efforts in these pictures. I LOVED IT!!!! (Can you tell? ;)
Sweet Lia...you'll have your day, baby. (For now, Ellie's gold ballet shoes from a previous Halloween costume were sufficient.)
(There is a part like this in the finale! She was trying it out...)
And then, we popped on the tap shoes. I was so glad she was so interested in the ballet since tap was the one she seemed to be most interested in at the store, trying shoes on. However, without a dazzling example, like the ballet, it only resulted in a few minutes of tap tapping on the tiles. We'll have to find something...and, once she knows some things to do, I think she'll have more fun.
Putting away our shoes in the dance ballerina bunny bag from Nana...
Some sleepy sister time on the bed in the morning...
This is what Lia is all about with Aurie... lots of touching and hands-on :)
These beanbag chairs have come in handy :)
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